Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwerbaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Pre-Germanic *kʷerp-, in which case the original form would have been *hwerfaną. If so, then it might be related to Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to turn; turn around
- to move; move about
- to change
Inflection
editConjugation of *hwerbaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *hwerban
- Old Norse: hverfa
- Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ƕairban)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwerban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 265-266
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xwerbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200