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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klankijaną

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 *klinganą + *-janą. A variant of *klangijaną that arose due to the influence of an unattested iterative. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*klankijaną[1]

  1. to make stick, to make cling

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *klankijan
    • Old English: *clenċan
      • Middle English: clenchen
      • Old English: beclencan
    • Old High German: klenken

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klangjan- ~ *klankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
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