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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tahjaną

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 Pre-Germanic *dh₁k-ye- from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁k-, further related to *tēgō (fibre, sinew).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtah.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tahjaną[1][2]

  1. To tear

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old Norse: tæja
    • Icelandic: tæja
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tahjan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tahjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*taxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
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