Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōzijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *hrōzaz (“active, stirring, moving”) + *-janą. Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kroHs-éye-ti: according to Kroonen, a direct cognate of Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬁-𐬑𐬭𐬃𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (frā-xrā̊ŋhaiia, “to be shocked”), and according to Orel, of Proto-Slavic *krasiti (“to ornate”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to stir
Inflection
editConjugation of *hrōzijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *hrōʀijan
- Old Norse: hrǿra, hrœra
References
edit- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hrōzjan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xrōzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189