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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gellaną

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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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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout), possibly with contamination from a marginally attested iterative *gullōną, although Kroonen suggests the strong verb was back-formed to the iterative.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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*gellaną[1][2]

  1. to shout, to yell

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gellan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒellanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131