Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ginnaną

Etymology
Unclear, the root has often been traced to, e.g. by. Kroonen and Scheungraber take it to be from, with the prefix inducing voicing by Verner's law. Cognates would then include and. If the meaning 'to cut open' is original, the verb could be related to from.

Verb

 * 1) to begin
 * 2) to make an opening, to cut open

Descendants
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