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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hlainijaną

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

Causative of *hlināną (to lean), which is a stative of an old nasal present from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxlɑi̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hlainijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to lean, cause to lean

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *hlainisōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hlainijan
    • Old English: hlǣnan
    • Old Saxon: *hlēnian
    • Old Dutch: lēnen
    • Old High German: hleinen
  • Old Norse: *hleina
    • Danish: læne
    • Swedish: läna

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlainjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
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