Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ankurôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ankurô
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch [Old High German dictionaryAlbert L.LloydOttoSpringerVandenhoeck & RuprechtVols. 1–51988Outline of the historical and comparative grammar of LatinMichaelWeissBeech Stave Press2009*h₂enk-curve, bendancoraanchorἄγκυραanchorakkerianchor
nounmasculinean-stemanchorBorrowed from Latin ancora, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγκυραLloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. ankerWeiss 2009: 112. The loan entered coastal Germanic early through contact with the Romans around the Lower Rhine and North Sea and subsequently spread into Scandinavian, where Old Norse akkeri reflects early nk > kkLloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. anker. Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα was traditionally connected with PIE *h₂enk-, but Beekes 2010: 13 regards its -υρα (-ūra) suffix as characteristically Pre-Greek and rejects an inherited Proto-Indo-European formation; its ultimate etymology is therefore uncertain.