Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ammōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ammōną
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verbWeak class 2to irritate, botherIterative from an earlier paradigm *ammōþi ~ *amunanþi, from pre-Germanic *h₃m̥h₃-néh₂-ti ~ h₃m̥h₃-n̥h₂-énti, a Proto-Indo-European néh₂-present from root *h₃emh₃-. Germanic iterative verbs of this type continue PIE nasal presents, with their durative or repetitive semantics arising when punctiliar aoristic roots were reformulated. Kroonen 2011a: 99–101Kroonen 2012a: 276–77Kroonen 2012c: 191–93Kroonen 2013: s.v. *am(m)ōn-.The semantic development ‘seize, press upon’ → ‘trouble, irritate’ is supported particularly by Indo-Aryan: compare Sanskrit अम्, its present अमीति, and causative आमयति. Cognates reflecting the specialized sense ‘swear’ include Ancient Greek ὄμνυμι and Phrygian umn-/ομν-Beekes 2010: 1078Cheung 2007: s.v. *HamHObrador-Cursach 2021: 53–54Rix et al. 2001: s.v. *h₂emh₃-¹, 265–266.