Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ansazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ansaz
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008Rezensionsaufsatz: Ringe, Don, A linguistic history of English. Volume I: From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic10.29091/KRATYLOS/2009/1/1SergioNeriKratylos 54(1)1–132009Old Germanic languages: Historical and grammatical surveyBlažekBrnoMasaryk University Press2023Blažek, Václavἡνίαrein, bridleānsahandle, grip, haftasserbeamonusloadąsàjug handleansishook, latchássbeam, thick pole𐌰𐌽𐍃wooden beamअनस्cart, wagonὄνοςdonkey𐌰𐌽𐌶-wooden beam (oblique form)ansasbearing timberh₁onh₃-s-o-the bearing one*h₂emseh₂handle*h₂em-to grasp
nounmasculinea-stembeam; a heavy supporting timber or poleOf uncertain origin; no non-Germanic Indo-European cognate can be established securely. Proto-Germanic *ansa- ~ anza- is reflected in Old Norse áss and Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐍃, whose oblique stem appears as 𐌰𐌽𐌶- ; Finnish ansas is an early Germanic loan and thus confirms the antiquity of the Germanic noun rather than providing an independent cognate Blažek 2023: 11Kroonen 2013: 30Ringe 2017: 302. Kroonen regards proposed connections with *amsaz, Latin onus, and Latin asser as problematic. Neri 2009: 9 proposes instead Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁onh₃-s-o-, comparing Latin onus, Sanskrit अनस्, and Ancient Greek ὄνος, but Ringe 2017: 302 still regards the etymology as obscure. Neri’s derivation should remain tentative, particularly since Beekes 2010: 430, s.v. ἔνοσις rejects the *h₁enh₃- root analysis on which this comparison was based. The formally tempting comparison with Latinānsa, Ancient Greek ἡνία, Lithuanian ąsà, and Old Prussian ansis is better kept with *ansijō; this group is commonly traced to Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂, from *h₂em-, but its connection to *ansaz remains uncertain Beekes 2010: s.v. ἡνίαKroonen 2013: 30de Vaan 2008: 44. See also *ansijō.