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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nastijaną

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

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (to turn, twist, knot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑs.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nastijaną

  1. to bind, tie, sew

Inflection

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nastijan
    • Old English: nestan
    • Old High German: *nesten
  • Old Norse: nesta, nista

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*nestjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
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