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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/heufaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *kew- (to howl, scream). Possibly related to Lithuanian šaukiù and šaũkti (shout, yell, cry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeu̯.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*heufaną[1]

  1. to lament, grieve, wail

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *heubaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *heufan, *heuban
    • Old English: hēofan
    • Old Saxon: hiovan, heovan, hioƀan
    • Old Saxon: hofna f
    • Old High German: hiofan, hiufan, hioban
      • Old High German: hiufina f
  • Old Norse: hjúfra
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌿𐍆𐌰𐌽 (hiufan)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xeufanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 171
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