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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnajjijaną

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 forms

  • *hnajjaną

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xnɑj.ji.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hnajjijaną

  1. to neigh

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *gahnajjijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hnaiijan, *hnaijan, *hnaigijan
    • Old English: hnǣgan
    • Old Saxon: *hnēgian, *hnēhian
      • Middle Low German: nêigen, nigen, nîhen, nîhahen, nihagen, nyhan, nyhagen, nêien
        • Low German: nöjen (Westphalian)
      • Old Saxon: tōhnēgian
    • Old Dutch: *hneien
    • Old High German: *neijen, *neigen
      • Middle High German: *neigen, negen
  • Old Norse: hneggja; gneggja (< *gahnajjijaną)
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