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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uppijaną

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 *upp (up, upwards) + *-janą. Compare *upanōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈup.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*uppijaną[1]

  1. to lift, to raise, to hold up
  2. to reveal, to disclose

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *uppijan, *ūpijan
    • Old English: yppan
    • Old High German: ūfan
      • Old High German: ūfen
    • Old Saxon: *uppian
      • Middle Low German: uppen
  • Old Norse: yppa

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*uppjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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