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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwiknaną

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 *kwikwaz (alive) + *-naną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷik.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwiknaną [1]

  1. to come to life

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kvikna, kykna
    • Danish: kvikne
    • Old Swedish: qvikna
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kvikne
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvikna, kvikne
    • Westrobothnian: kvinkän
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gaqiunan)

Further reading

  • Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press, page 259

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwiwa- ~ *kwikwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 320
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