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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/greupaną

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 *gʰreubʰ-, Kroonen assumes backformation from the iterative *gruppōną - *grubōną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣreu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*greupaną[1]

  1. to cut up, to grind

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Norse: *grjópa, *grúpa
    • Norwegian:
      Nynorsk: grjupe, grupe
    • Elfdalian: griuopa
    • Swedish: grjopa
    • Gutnish: gröipa, grypa

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*greupan- ~ *grūpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188-189
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