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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/framjaną

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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 *framaz +‎ *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *pró-mo-s, from *pró (toward, leading to).[1] Compare Latin framea (spear) probably from *framjō (literally forward going one).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɸrɑm.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*framjaną

  1. to promote, to further

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*framjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111
  2. ^ Rübekeil, Ludwig (2017–2018) “Chapter IX: Germanic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Germanic, page 990