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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aiganą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aiganą</idno>
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            <title level="m">Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Guus</forename>
              <surname>Kroonen</surname>
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            <title level="m">Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture</title>
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              <forename>James P.</forename>
              <surname>Mallory</surname>
            </editor>
            <editor>
              <forename>Douglas Q.</forename>
              <surname>Adams</surname>
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              <publisher>Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers</publisher>
              <date>1997</date>
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            <title level="m">From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Don</forename>
              <surname>Ringe</surname>
            </author>
            <imprint>
              <pubPlace>Oxford</pubPlace>
              <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher>
              <date>2017</date>
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            <title level="m">Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben</title>
            <author>
              <forename>Helmut</forename>
              <surname>Rix</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Martin</forename>
              <surname>Kümmel</surname>
            </author>
            <author>
              <forename>Thomas</forename>
              <surname>Zehnder</surname>
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            <author>
              <forename>Reiner</forename>
              <surname>Lipp</surname>
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            <author>
              <forename>Brigitte</forename>
              <surname>Schirmer</surname>
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              <publisher>Reichert</publisher>
              <date>2001</date>
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            <title level="m">The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots</title>
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              <forename>Calvert</forename>
              <surname>Watkins</surname>
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              <publisher>Houghton Mifflin Harcourt</publisher>
              <date>2011</date>
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        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_h2eyk" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*h₂eyḱ-</orth>
          <def>to appropriate, possess</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_san_isa" xml:lang="san" type="cognate">
          <orth>ईश</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>īśá</orth>
          </form>
          <def>owning, possessing</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_txb_aik" xml:lang="txb" type="cognate">
          <orth>aik-</orth>
          <def>know, recognize</def>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_aigana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiganą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>aiganą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈɑi̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚨᛁᚷᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Irregular</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to possess, own, have</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Inherited as a preterite-present verb from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*h₂e-h₂óyḱ-e ~ *h₂e-h₂iḱ-ḗr</mentioned>, the reduplicated stative/perfect of root <mentioned xml:lang="" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h2eyk"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h2eyk">*h₂eyḱ-</ref></mentioned> <bibl corresp="#kroonen2013" n="4–5">Kroonen 2013: 4–5</bibl> <bibl corresp="#ringe2017" n="291">Ringe 2017: 291</bibl> <bibl corresp="#rix2001" n="223">Rix et al. 2001: 223</bibl>. The Proto-Germanic present singular <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*aih-</mentioned> continues the accented perfect singular, with regular Grimm’s law <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*ḱ</mentioned> &gt; <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*h</mentioned>, while the plural/infinitive stem <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*aig-</mentioned> reflects the oxytone accent of the zero-grade perfect, where Verner’s law produced voiced <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*g</mentioned> <bibl corresp="#ringe2017" n="292">Ringe 2017: 292</bibl>. Cognates include Vedic Sanskrit <mentioned xml:lang="san" target="#cog_san_isa"><ref target="#cog_san_isa">ईश</ref></mentioned> and possibly Tocharian B <mentioned xml:lang="txb" target="#cog_txb_aik"><ref target="#cog_txb_aik">aik-</ref></mentioned> <bibl corresp="#ref1997" n="270">Mallory &amp; Adams 1997: 270</bibl> <bibl corresp="#rix2001" n="223">Rix et al. 2001: 223</bibl> <bibl corresp="#ref2011" n="s.v. aik-">Watkins 2011: s.v. aik-</bibl>.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>aih</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>aigį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>aiht</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>aigīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>aih</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>aigī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>aigū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>aigīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>aigudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>aigīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>aigum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>aigīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>aigud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>aigīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>aigun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>aigīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>aihtǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>aihtēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>aihtēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>aihtēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>aihtē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>aihtēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>aihtēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>aihtēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>aihtēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>aihtēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>aihtēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>aihtēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>aihtēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>aihtēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>aihtēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>aihtēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>aigandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>aiganaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>aiganą</orth>
            </form>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*aigan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*ēgan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>eigen, êgen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>eigen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*aigan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>āgan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>owen, ouen, own, owe, awen, aȝen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>owe, ought, own</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>aw, awe</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*aigan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>āga, hāga</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>age</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*aigan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>eigan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>eigen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>eigen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*aigan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>ēgan, eigan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>êgen, eigen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>egen, eigen</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>eiga, eigna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>eiga</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>eiga, eigna</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>eie</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>eiga, eige</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>eiga, eigna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>ēgha, eghæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>eje, egne</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>eiga, eigna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>ǣgha, ēgha</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>äga, ägna</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (aigan), 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (aihan)</orth>
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