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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fargijaną

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂poh₂orké-ye-ti, itself from *h₂epo (off, away) +‎ *h₂erk- (to hold); particularly close in formation to Latin porceō (to prevent).[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈɸɑr.ɣi.ja.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*fargijaną[1]

  1. (North Germanic) to push (down)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Norse: fergja

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fargjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128