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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grabaną

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 *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (to dig, scratch, bury).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*grabaną

  1. to dig
  2. to engrave, scratch

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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