Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *akanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_akaną_1
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum)ElmarSeeboldSeries PracticaMouton851970ἄγωdirect, drive, lead, draw, go*h₂eǵ-to driveagōdrive, lead, doअजतिhe drives
verbStrong class 6to drive or travel in a vehicle; by extension, to sail or navigateFrom Proto-Indo-European thematic present *h₂éǵ-e/o-, from *h₂eǵ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγω, Latin agō, and Sanskrit अजति; the specifically nautical meanings developed within North Germanic from the broader sense ‘drive, convey, travel by vehicle’ Kroonen 2013: 18Orel 2003: 11Ringe 2017: 275Rix et al. 2001: 255–56Seebold 1970: 74. This verb is North Germanic only, with borrowings from Old Norse into English and Scots.