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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hittijaną

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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 *kh₂id-néh₂-ti, from *kh₂eyd- (to fall upon; encounter; hit; cut; hew).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxit.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*hittijaną[1]

  1. To encounter; meet with; make contact; hit

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *hittijan
    • Old English: hittan (possibly from Old Norse instead)
    • Old Dutch: *hitten
  • Old Norse: hitta

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hittjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227