Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ahanōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ahanō
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Indo-European cereal terminology suggests a Northwest Pontic homeland for the core Indo-European languagesGuusKroonenAnthonyJakobAxel I.PalmérPaulusvan SluisAndrewWigmanPLOS ONE171002757442022The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European rootsCalvertWatkinsBostonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2011Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008ἀκόνηwhetstone*h₂eḱ-sharpagnablade, straw; ear of grainackonsawn; though this is possibly a borrowing from Germanicअशनिmissile tip, thunderbolt, flash of lightingākeend𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰chaffἄκαιναspike, prick, goadacusbran, awn, chaff
nounfeminineō-stemchaff; awns; the sharp, bristly refuse or husks of grain after threshingFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-on-eh₂-/*h₂eḱ-ón-eh₂-, a neuter collective noun created from an n-stem *h₂eḱ-on-, from root *h₂eḱ-, with semantic development ‘sharp point, sharp object’ → ‘awn’ → ‘chaff, grain-refuse’ in the Germano-Italic agricultural vocabulary de Vaan 2008: 29Kroonen et al. 2022: 13. The Germanic forms point to Proto-Germanic *ahanō beside Vernerized *aganō: Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 preserves *-h-, while the North and West Germanic reflexes reflect *-g-, plausibly from suffixal accent or analogical generalization of a Verner variant Kroonen 2013: 5. Cognate with Latin agna < Proto-Italic *aknā; compare Old Prussian ackons (though this is possibly a borrowing from Germanic), and formally related (but not identical derivatives of the same PIE root) such as Ancient Greek ἀκόνη, ἄκαινα, Sanskrit अशनि, and the related cereal s-stem seen in Proto-Germanic *ahaz, Latin acus, and Tocharian B ākede Vaan 2008: 23–24Kroonen et al. 2022: 10, 13Watkins 2011: s.v. ak-. De Vaan also notes that Latin agna may alternatively be a Mediterranean loan.