Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ninþaną
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *nent-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nant- (“to fight, dare”).[1][2] Related to Old Irish néit (“battle, combat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *ninþaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “755”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 755
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 201
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ninþan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 391
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*nenþanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284