Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *agalaitijazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_agalaitijaz
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001*h₂egʰ-to be upset, afraidlūdōplay, frolic, tease, deceiveláidytilet go, put in motionleizigannoying; excited*leyd-to let, allow; to let go, releaseláididdrives, impels
adjja-stemlicentious, wanton, shamelessly unrestrainedPossibly haplologically reduced from earlier **aglalaitjaz, from *aglaz + **laitijaz (‘annoying, excited’), the latter compared by Kroonen with Rhinelandic German leizigKroonen 2013: 3. The first constituent belongs to the Germanic *ag-/*agl- (‘fear, distress, shame’) group, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ-. The second member **laitjaz is less secure given the single, tentative dialectal reflex. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *loyd-éye/o-, the o-grade causative/iterative of *leyd-, is phonologically possible and semantically attractive if ‘released, unrestrained’ developed into ‘wanton, licentious’; compare Lithuanian láidyti, Middle Irish láidid, and perhaps Latin lūdōRix et al. 2001: 402–403.