Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *abjǭScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_abjǭ
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und PronominalstämmeGeorge E.DunkelUniversitätsverlag Winter22014A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003Indogermanisches etymologisches WörterbuchJuliusPokornyFrancke VerlagI1959ἄπιοςfar away*h₂epóoff, awayh₂ep-yéh₂that which goes off/away
nounfeminineōn-stemebb; the receding or low tide; North Germanic reflexes show a related sense ‘mud, ooze’, probably from matter left behind by receding waterFrom earlier *abjō, probably a feminine derivative of *ab, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó, more specifically from a substantivized feminine h₂ep-yéh₂. Compare Ancient Greek ἄπιος as the closest formal comparandum to a *-yéh₂- derivative Beekes 2010: 116Dunkel 2014: 70Orel 2003: 1Pokorny 1959: 54.