Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganuganą
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *ga- + *nuganą, although the latter has no attested descendants. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe, from *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*ganuganą
- to suffice, to be enough/sufficient
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *ganuganą (preterite-present)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: ġenugan
- Old Saxon: *ginugan
- Old High German: ginah (*ginugan)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (ganauhan)
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nugan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 392-3