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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sneufaną

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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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Uncertain, possibly related to *snūtaz (snout) and *snūtijaną (to blow one's nose).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsneu̯.ɸɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*sneufaną[1]

  1. to sniff, to snort

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 292