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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trumpōną

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 pre-Germanic *truppōną, from a nasal suffix/infix paradigm *dr̥bʰ-néh₂- ~ *dr-n̥-bʰ- (cf. *trappōną (to trample)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- (to tread, step, trip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrum.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*trumpōną[1][2]

  1. to step

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *trumpōn
    • Old Dutch: *trumpōn
    • Old High German: *trumpfōn
  • Old Norse:

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*trumpōjaną”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 411
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*trumpōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524
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