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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krankijaną

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 *krankaz (bent, crooked, weak) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkraŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*krankijaną[1]

  1. to make weak, worse

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *krankijan
    • Old Frisian: krenza, krinza
      • (Saterland Frisian: kroanke, kroankje)
      • West Frisian: kringe, (krinke)
    • Old Saxon: *krenkian
    • Old Dutch: *crenken
      • Middle Dutch: crenken
    • Old High German: *kranken
  • Old Norse: krenkja (possible borrowing from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*krankjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
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