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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saljaną

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 an unattested *selaną + *-janą (causative suffix), the former component from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (to take).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*saljaną

  1. to offer, to give

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 316
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 424-5
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