Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akaną
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Proto-Germanic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Latin agō (“drive”), Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “direct, drive, lead, draw, go”), Sanskrit अजति (ájati, “he drives”).
Verb
edit- (North Germanic) to drive, sail, navigate
Inflection
editConjugation of *akaną (strong class 6)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old Norse: aka
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (“sin, crime”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγος (ágos, “curse, blood-guilt, penance”), Sanskrit आगस् (ā́gas, “offence, injury, sin, fault”). According to Orel, "[d]espite the semantic discrepancy, these forms are historically identical", referring to the verb for the 'drive' described above and referencing Seebold, p.74-5.[2]
Verb
edit- (West Germanic) to ache
Inflection
editConjugation of *akaną (strong class 6)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *akan
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*akan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*akanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 11
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “AK-A- 1”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 74
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*akan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “AK-A- 2”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 75