Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *abnijąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_abniją
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The historical derivation of Gothic aba and its n-stem anomaliesSverre S.JohnsenHistorische Sprachforschung118251–2622005bEtymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 5)AlwinKloekhorstBrill2008A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European rootsCalvertWatkinsBostonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2011𒄩𒀊𒁉𒈾rich*h₃ep-to work, toil, make; ability, forceopulentuswealthy, richअप्नस्property, possession
nounneuterja-stemmaterial, substance, stuff; the matter or means out of which something is made or by which something is carried outFrom pre-Germanic *h₃ep-n-yo-m, a neuter *-yo- derivative (forms neuter collective nouns from nouns) of the n-stem/oblique member of the Proto-Indo-European heteroclitic *h₃óp-r̥ ~ *h₃ép-n- or similar n-stem formation. The original sense was probably ‘that which pertains to property/resources’ > ‘resources, means’ > ‘stuff, material’. This also makes *abnijaną a secondary denominative from *abniją, rather than the source of the noun Johnsen 2005b: 258 n. 38Orel 2003: 1. Compare Vedic Sanskrit अप्नस्, Hittite 𒄩𒀊𒁉𒈾, and Latin opulentus, all belonging to the same PIE *h₃ep-/*h₃op- complex Kloekhorst 2008: 295–97Johnsen 2005b: 258Watkins 2011: s.v. op-. Within Proto-Germanic, it is probably related to *abô and *abraz, respectively from animate n-stem and r-member derivatives of the same heteroclitic base Johnsen 2005b: 258–60.