Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *airinōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_airinōną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003*h₁ey-to go𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽to act as an envoy or messengerárnato intercede, petition; procure
verbWeak class 2to act as a messenger or envoy; to carry out an errand or mission, intercedeA denominative Weak class 2 verb from *airuz with the extended verbal formation *-inōną. The reconstruction rests mainly on Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 and Old Norse árna; thus ‘to run an errand’ is a reasonable contextual gloss, but the inherited sense was more specifically ‘to perform the function of a messenger or intermediary’ Kroonen 2013: 12Orel 2003Orel 2003: s.v. *airinōjanan. The base noun *airuz is confined to Germanic and has no secure further etymology or established Indo-European cognates: older comparisons with *airi or the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey- remain speculative, and Kroonen 2013: 13 accordingly classifies it as etymologically isolated within Germanic.