Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aflōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aflōną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003*h₃ep-to work, toil, make; ability, force
verbWeak class 2to acquire, procure, contrive; to bring something about or obtain it by effort or resourcesFrom *aflą + *-ōną, here with the sense ‘to exercise, produce, or secure the thing denoted by the base noun’ Kroonen 2013: 2Orel 2003: 2. The base *aflą continues pre-Germanic *h₃ép-lo-m, a neuter *-lo- formation from Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep-. The semantic development is therefore probably ‘to make effective use of power/resources’ > ‘to procure, acquire; contrive’.