Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe, from *h₂eyḱ- (“ability, possession”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*aiganą [1]

to possess, to own, to have

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Related terms

*aiganaz

Descendants

Old English: āgan; āgen
- Middle English: aȝen, oȝen, owen; aȝen, oȝen, owen
  - Scots: aw, awe; awin, ain
  - English: owe, ought, own
Old Frisian: āga, hāga
- North Frisian: age
- Saterland Frisian: oain
- West Frisian: eigen
Old Saxon: ēgan
- Middle Low German: êgen, eigen
  - German Low German: egen
Old Dutch: *ēgan
- Middle Dutch: eigen, êgen
  - Dutch: eigen (from past participle)
Old High German: eigan
- Middle High German: eigen
  - German: eigen (from past participle); eignen
Old Norse: eiga; eigna
- Icelandic: eiga
- Faroese: eiga
- Norwegian Bokmål: eie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eiga, eige
- Old Swedish: ǣgha, ēgha
  - Swedish: äga; ägna
- Old Danish: ēghæ
  - Danish: eje; egne
- Westrobothnian: eig, åg; engän
- Elfdalian: iegå
- Gutnish: aige
- Scanian: æğa
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (aigan), 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (aihan)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aigan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 8

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aigan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 8