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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krūdaną

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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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Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (to push; press), an extension of a root *grew-, which may be related to Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō, to be full to bursting, swell) (< *gʷru-).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkruː.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*krūdaną[1]

  1. to crowd
  2. to press
  3. to drive

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kreudan- ~ krūdan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303