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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/framjaną

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 *framaz + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *pró-mo-s, from *pró (toward, leading to).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸrɑm.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*framjaną

  1. to promote, to further

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *framjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 111
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