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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gīnaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey.

Verb

*gīnaną [1][2]

  1. to gape, yawn

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: gīnan
    • Middle English: yēnen (merged with ġinian)
  • Old Saxon: gīnan
  • Old Norse: gína

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 178
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *ᴣīnanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
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