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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tangijaną

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 *tangō (tongs, pliers) + *-janą or *tinganą (to press) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tangijaną[1]

  1. to press together
  2. to fasten

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tangijan
    • Old English: tengan
    • Old Saxon: *tengian
    • Old High German: *tengen
  • Old Norse: tengja
    • Icelandic: tengja
    • Faroese: teingja

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tanʒjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 401
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