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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *grētaną + *-janą.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣrɔː.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*grōtijaną[1][2]
- to cause to weep; make cry
- to scold
- to address (an issue)
- to address (an individual); greet
Inflection
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *grōtijan
- Old English: grētan, grœ̄tan — Anglian
- Old Frisian: grēta
- Saterland Frisian: gröitje
- West Frisian: groetsje
- Old Saxon: grōtian
- Old Dutch: *gruoten
- Middle Dutch: groeten, gruten
- Dutch: groeten
- Afrikaans: groet
- Negerhollands: groet, gruet, groetnes
- → Caribbean Javanese: khrut
- Old High German: gruozen, gruozzen
- Middle High German: grüezen
- →? Vulgar Latin: *grōtiāre
- Old French: grocier, grucier, groucier, grouchier
- → Middle English: grouchen, grucchen
- Old Norse: grǿta, grœta
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grōtjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒrōtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144