Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahjaną
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Has been compared to *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”) (by Osthoff) and to Ancient Greek ὄκνος (óknos, “hesitation”) (by Pokorny). Kroonen instead suggests it could be identical to *ahjaną (“to graze”), whence Old Norse æja, if the intermediate meaning was “to ruminate”, except for the fact that he reconstructs that verb as *aiwjaną.[1]
Verb edit
*ahjaną[1]
- to think
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *ahjaną (weak class 1)