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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/akaną

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From 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

*akaną [1]

  1. to drive, sail, navigate
Inflection
  • *ēkaną
Descendants
  • Old Norse: aka
    • Icelandic: aka
    • Faroese: aka
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: aka, ake
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ake, åke
    • Old Swedish: aka
    • Old Danish: akæ
    • Westrobothnian: aak, ak-
    • Dalian: aka
    • Gutnish: ake
    • Scanian: aga
    • → Scots: oag, hoag; aik
    • → English: aik (Northern England, Scotland, rare)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (sin, crime). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγος (ágos, curse, blood-guilt, penance), Sanskrit आगस् (ā́gas, offence, injury, sin, fault).

Verb

*akaną [2]

  1. to ache
Inflection
Descendants
  • Old English: acan
  • Old Frisian: *aka
    • Saterland Frisian: ääke, eeke?
  • Old Saxon: *akan
    • Middle Low German: aken
      • Low German: aken, äken, achen
  • Old Dutch: *akan

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*akan- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 18
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*akan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 18
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