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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trēgiz

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

Vṛddhi gerundive of *treganą (to suffer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtreː.ɣiz/

Adjective

*trēgiz[1]

  1. (West Germanic) lazy, idle
  2. (West Germanic) slow, sluggish

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *trāgī
    • Old English: trāg
    • Old Saxon: trāg, trāgi
    • Old Dutch: *trāgi
    • Old High German: trāgi

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*trēgi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522
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