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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pranganą

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

Unknown. Further etymological connections are unclear. Pokorny and Kroonen suggest a connection with Lithuanian branktas (swingletree) and Latvian brankti (adjacent).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɑŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*pranganą[1][2]

  1. to press

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *prangan
    • Old Saxon: *prangan
    • Old Dutch: *prangan
    • Old High German: *phrangan
      • Middle High German: phrengen, phrangen
        • German: pfrengen (obsolete)
        • Middle High German: pranger (with West Central German consonantism)
  • Gothic: *𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*praggan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*prangan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*prang(j)anan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
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