Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ahtilōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ahtilōną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013ætlato think, to believe; to intend, to plan
verbWeak class 2to intend to, strive, thinkFrom *ahtō + *-lōną. The linking *-i- was reconstructed on the basis of the i-umlaut in Old Norse ætla. The deeper etymology is uncertain. The word belongs to a Germanic mental/attention/intention set including *ahjaną, but there are no secure extra-Germanic cognates Kroonen 2013: 6–7.