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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gnaganą

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

  • *knaganą

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic; or from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (to gnaw, scratch), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (to gnaw, grate, scrate, whit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣnɑ.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gnaganą

  1. to gnaw

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gnagan, *knagan
    • Old English: gnagan, *cnagan
    • Old Frisian: *gnaga
      • Saterland Frisian: gnaue; gnauje; gnauelje
      • West Frisian: gnauwe
    • Old Saxon: knagan, gnagan
      • Middle Low German: gnāgen, knāgen
        • German Low German: gnagen, gnauen
        • Plautdietsch: gnoagen
    • Old Dutch: *gnagan, *cnagan
    • Old High German: gnagan, knagan, nagan
  • Old Norse: gnaga, naga
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