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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīpaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *wéyb-eti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wīpaną[1]

  1. to wind, wrap

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wīpan
    • Old Dutch: *wīpan
    • Old High German: *wīfan
      • Middle High German: wīfen
      • Old High German: *biwīfan
        • Old High German: biwifan (unlucky, damned, past participle)
    • Old French: guiper
      • Middle French: guiper
        • Middle French: ghippure
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan)
  • Proto-Finnic: *viip'at'ak (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
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