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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fulgijaną

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

A zero-grade present ye-stem, presumably pre-Germanic *(s)pl̥kyéti.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸul.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*fulgijaną[2]

  1. (transitive, +dat) to follow

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *fulgistrijǭ

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *fulgijan
    • Old English: fylġan
      • Middle English: filȝen, filiȝen, filighen, fileghen, filghen, filowen
  • Old Norse: fylgja

References

  1. Jay Jasanoff, Stative and Middle in Indo-European (= Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 23), Innsbruck, 1978, page 76-77
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fulgēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159:*fulgjan-
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