Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/greupaną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreubʰ-, Kroonen assumes backformation from the iterative *gruppōną - *grubōną.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣreu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*greupaną[1]

  1. to cut up, to grind

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*greupan- ~ *grūpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188-189