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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sufjaną

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

A zero-grade formation to *swefaną, or from *sufjaz (sleepy) + *-janą

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɸ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sufjaną[1]

  1. To become sleepy, to doze off

Inflection

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *suffjan
    • Old Dutch: *suffen
      • Middle Dutch: suffen
        • Dutch: suffen
          • ? Dutch Low Saxon: suffen
          • ? West Frisian: suffe
  • Old Norse: syfja

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), *sufjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sufja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489: “*sufjōjan-”
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