Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/abnijaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op-, *h₃ep- (“to work; the result of work, income, wealth”) (which Kroonen gives as *h₂ep-), and compared with Sanskrit अप्नस् (ápnas, “possession, work”), Ancient Greek ἄφνος (áphnos, “riches, wealth”),[1][2] as well as Latin ops (“help”), Lithuanian apstus (“rich, plentiful, abundant”). Kroonen is skeptical, and prefers an internal derivation from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from, off”) + a suffix *-nijaną also seen in *darknijaną (“to soil”) (whence Old High German terhcinen (“to obscure, soil, defile”)).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*abnijaną[3]
Inflection
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*aƀnjanan ~ *aƀnjōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*aƀnjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*abnjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1