Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kalaną

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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 *gel- (cold). Related to Latin gelū.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*kalaną[1][2][3]

  1. to be cold, to freeze

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kalan
    • Old English: calan
  • Old Norse: kala
    • Icelandic: kala
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kala, (past participle) kalen
    • Swedish: kala (dialectal)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kalan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kalanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
  3. ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “KAL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 288