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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haginjaną

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

  • *hagnijaną

Etymology

From *haginaz (fence, hedge) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.ɣin.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*haginjaną[1]

  1. To hedge or fence in, to hain

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haginijan
    • Old Saxon: *heginian
      • Middle Low German: hēgenen, heinen
    • Old Dutch: *hegenen
  • Old Norse: hegna
    • Icelandic: hegna
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hegna
    • Swedish: hägna
    • Danish: hegne
    • Middle English: *heynen, *haynen

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xaʒ(i)njanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 150
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