Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Germanic/kiʀn

The meaning
I doubt the meaning “pine tree”. For New High German it is known to only mean its resinous wood, similarly Middle High German. For Old High German there are glosses of those forms with, but it does not mean the word means the tree, ““ may as well mean but the wood, or only a torch. as the word is used in the 9, 72. For Old High German too it is glossed, , , besides. writes “the last meaning seems to be younger”. 🇨🇬 we have just for “torch”. The Middle Dutch dictionary writes about there being only one attestation outside of onomastics and compounds, remarking “what the meaning there is seems not clear” (wat hier de betekenis is, blijkt niet duidelijk.) The Low German and High German word, sometimes also as feminine (🇨🇬), mean “pine” in some dialects merely, likely transferred (maybe even an alternative shortening of ). So I think it did not mean “pine tree” in Proto-West-Germanic, this has only been stated for wacky comparisons,. It meant what. Fay Freak (talk) 19:58, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Feel free to change the meaning. I'm just merging unwarranted PG entries into PWG ones with unknown etymologies. -- 20:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)