Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēbijaną

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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 *gʷeh₂bʰ- (to dive, dive in). Cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō, to dip, submerge), Persian ژرف (žarf), and Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra), whence Hindi गहरा (gahrā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkweːβi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*kwēbijaną[1]

  1. to suffocate, to choke

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Norse: kvæfa, kœfa

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315