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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wankōną

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 the verb *weganą (to move)[1]

Verb

*wankōną[2]

  1. to sway, to waver

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wankōn
    • Old Frisian: *wankia, *wonkia
      • Saterland Frisian: wonkje
      • West Frisian: wankje
    • Old Saxon: wankōn
    • Old Dutch: *wankon
    • Old High German: wankōn
  • Old Norse: vakka

References

  1. Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012, pages wakona, 568
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wankōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 447
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