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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaizwijaną

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

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Alternative reconstructions

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯.zwi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kaizwijaną[1]

  1. to turn
  2. to direct

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kaiʀwijan
    • Old English: cierran
    • Old Saxon: kērian
    • Old Dutch: *kēren
    • Old High German: keren
  • Old Norse: keyra
    • Icelandic: keyra
    • Faroese: koyra
    • Norwegian:
    • Old Swedish: kø̄ra
    • Old Danish: kø̄ræ
    • Elfdalian: tjyöra
    • Gutnish: kåire
    • Scanian: køra
    • Middle English: cairen, kayren

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kaizwjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
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