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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/geraz

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

Related to *gernaz (willing, eager).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣe.rɑz/

Adjective

*geraz

  1. greedy

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), Gier”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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