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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þawjaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (to melt).

Verb

*þawjaną[1]

  1. to thaw

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þauwjan
    • Old English: þawian
      • Middle English: thawen, thowen
    • Old Frisian: *thēia
    • Old Saxon: *thouwian, thōian
    • Old Dutch: *thōien
    • Old High German: thouwen
  • Old Norse: þeyja

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148:PNWGmc *þawjaną
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