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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gnaganą

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 forms

  • *knaganą

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic; or from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (to gnaw, scratch), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (to gnaw, grate, scrate, whit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣnɑ.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gnaganą[1][2][3]

  1. to gnaw

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gnagan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒnaʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  3. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “GNAG-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 233
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