Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikijaną

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂oygéyeti, causative of *h₂eyg- (to stir, set in motion). Equivalent to *aikaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*aikijaną[1]

  1. (North Germanic) to irritate, annoy

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Norwegian: eikja

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aikjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 10