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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/huppijaną

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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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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (to bend; a bend, joint); see *hupiz (hip). Or, derived from the iterative *huppōną ~ *hubbōną, from a Proto-Indo-European *kup-; see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxup.pi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*huppijaną

  1. (West Germanic) to move up and down; hop

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “hüpfen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN