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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaginjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From *gagin (towards, against) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.ɣin.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gaginjaną

  1. to go against
  2. to meet, to encounter

Inflection

  • *gaganōną/*gaginōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gaginijan
    • Old English: ġieġnan, ġīnan, ġȳnan
    • Old Saxon: geginian
      • Middle Low German: gēgenen
        • Middle Low German: begēgenen, bejēgenen
        • German Low German: begegen
    • Old Dutch: *jegenen, *gegenen
    • Old High German: geginen
      • Middle High German: gegenen
      • Old High German: bigaganen
        • Middle High German: begegenen
  • Old Norse: gegna

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*gagnjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
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