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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tradjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *trudaną (to tread) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑð.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tradjaną[1]

  1. to tread, trample

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *traddjan
    • Old English: treddan
    • Old Saxon: *treddian
      • Middle Low German: tredden
    • Old High German: tretten
  • Old Norse: treðja

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tradjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
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