Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gagin

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

    Sense 1 is of uncertain origin.[1][2] Orel tentatively suggests the word to be a metathesized derivative of *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”).[3]

    By surface analysis, *ga- (“with”) +‎ *-gin (“not”), literally "not with" and therfore "against" someone or something. This is probably the source of Sense 2.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.ɣin/

    Preposition

    *gagin

    1. towards, in the direction of [with dative]
    2. against [with accusative]

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “gegen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
    2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “jegens”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
    3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*ʒaʒně”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
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