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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrainijaną

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 *hrainiz (clean, pure) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈxrɑi̯.ni.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hrainijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to make clean, cleanse

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*hrainjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 183
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