Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *amazôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_amazô
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen SpracheFriedrichKlugeElmarSeeboldWalter de Gruyter1989Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch [Old High German dictionaryAlbert L.LloydOttoSpringerVandenhoeck & RuprechtVols. 1–51988amarspeltamarobunting, yellowhammer
nounmasculinean-stema bunting, probably the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)Probably a secondary n-stem ultimately derived from *amraz, traditionally explained as a shortening of an earlier compound ‘emmer bird’, referring to the bird's feeding on grain; compare Old High German amaro, explicitly an n-stem beside amarKluge & Seebold 1989: s.v. AmmerLloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. amaro¹. Alternatively, Kroonen reconstructs *amazan- (‘bunting’) as an independent Germanic bird name Kroonen 2013: 24.