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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/linnaną

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 *leyh₂- (to avoid, elude, decline, shrink away from, recede).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*linnaną[1]

  1. to turn, move aside, swerve from, dodge
  2. to cease, quit

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*linnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 246
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