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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/karzōną

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

Etymology

An o-grade formation closely related to to the strong verb *kerzaną and iterative verb *kurzōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkur.zɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*karzōną[1]

  1. to creak (of birds)
  2. to grunt
  3. to murmur

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *karʀōn
    • Old Saxon: karrōn
    • Old Dutch: *carron
      • Middle Dutch: carren, kerren (likely merged with the descendant of *kerzaną)
    • Old High German: karrōn
  • Old Norse: *karra

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kurzōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313:*karzōn-
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