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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kanjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵonh₁éyeti, causative formation to the root *ǵenh₁- (to produce, to beget, to give birth). Cognate with Sanskrit जनयति (janayati, to beget, produce).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kanjaną[2]

  1. to beget, bring forth

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kannjan
    • Old English: cænnan, cennan, cynnan
      • Middle English: kennen
      • Old English: oncennan
      • Old Norse: kenna
    • Old Saxon: kennian
    • Old Dutch: *kennen

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kannjanan II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 210
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kanjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279
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