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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sauzijaną

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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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Surface derivation from *sauzaz (dry) +‎ *-janą. May be formally cognate with Proto-Slavic *sušiti (to make dry) (Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáušīˀtei) and Sanskrit शोषयति (śoṣáyati, to parch, make dry, cause to wither, sear).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*sauzijaną[1]

  1. to make dry, parch

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *sauʀijan
    • Old Saxon: *sōrian
    • Old Dutch: *sōren
  • Old Norse: seyra (attested in the passive seyrask)

References

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  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sauzjanan ~ *sauzōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320