Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/teraną

German
Surely is the direct descendant, rather than  (which seems to come from a causative *terjaną)? BigDom 22:14, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It seems more like the other way around. rj is generally exempt from the West Germanic gemination, but in OHG it does seem to occur pretty regularly, though perhaps by analogy. The modern -rr- is thus more easily explained from Germanic -rj- than from -r-. —CodeCat 22:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks for the explanation. I didn't know that about OHG and gemination. Cheers, BigDom 23:00, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * and are both from  (Old High German  and, respectively; the descendant of  is ). The same alternation is found in 🇨🇬 alongside  and Middle Low German (idem). The -rr- is probable intensive, although I don't know if the Middle Dutch and Middle Low German verbs had the same semantic distinction as the High German ones.