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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwōsaną

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 *kʷeh₂s- (to cough).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɔː.sɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwōsaną

  1. to cough

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: hwōsan
    • Middle English: hwosen

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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