Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ahjanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ahjaną_2
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Indogermanisches etymologisches WörterbuchJuliusPokornyFrancke VerlagI1959Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001*h₂eḱh₃-to eatअश्नातिeatsआशयतिcauses/lets eat, feeds
verbWeak class 1to stop on a journey to rest and eat; transitively, to let horses or other animals rest and graze/feedUncertain; probably not a securely reconstructible pan-Germanic verb. The traditional derivation is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱh₃-, with possible comparanda Sanskrit अश्नाति and the causative आशयतिPokorny 1959: 18Rix et al. 2001: 261–62. A PIE causative **h₂oḱh₃-éye/o-would normally have suffixal accent and would be expected to give Proto-Germanic **agjaną by Verner’s Law; thus the *-h- of *ahjaną requires either root-accent, analogical restoration, or a denominal renewal Rix et al. 2001: 262 n. 4.