Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aibrazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aibraz
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Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und PronominalstämmeGeorge E.DunkelUniversitätsverlag Winter22014Nomina im indogermanischen LexikonDagmar S.WodtkoBrittaIrslingerCarolinSchneiderUniversitätsverlag Winter2008*óy-one, single, alone*bʰer-to bear, carryaibrùmassalivation, water in the mouthewärwild
adja-stemsharp, bittervehement, direviolentUncertain, but possibly from Proto-Germanic *oy-bʰr-ó-sfrom Proto-Indo-European *óy- + the zero-grade of the root *bʰer- + thematic *-ó- with a meaning like ‘alone-bearing’ or ‘carrying/keeping to itself’ Dunkel 2014: 587–88Wodtko et al. 2008: 16. Possible comparanda are Tocharian A ewär and dialectal Lithuanian aibrùmasWodtko et al. 2008: 21 n. 16, perhaps from an earlier sense ‘bitterness, astringency’. Dunkel 2014: 587–88 analyzes the word with a semantic path ‘isolated, alone’ → ‘wild, unruly’ → ‘harsh, fierce’.