Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ansijōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ansijō
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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)GuusKroonenBrill2013Indo-European linguistics (Charles Gertmenian, Trans.; in cooperation with Matthias Fritz & Manfred Mayrhofer)MichaelMeier-BrüggerWalter de Gruyter2003From 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 VaanBrill2008The linguistic roots of Ancient Greek.DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2024Hauchumsprung and the historical phonology of Greek hOllieSayeedIndo-European Linguistics 7164–1752019ἡνίαrein, bridleānsahandle, grip, haftùossjug handleąsàjug handleansishook, latchéisireins*h₂ens-handle, grip
nounfeminineō-stemhandle or loop, especially of a cup, bowl, or other vesseleyelet; eye (of a needle)From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens-ieh₂, with the *-ieh₂ allomorph of a *-yeh₂ derivative after the heavy base *h₂ens- due to Siever's Law Beekes 2010: 520–21, s.v. ἡνίαMeier-Brügger 2003: 90Ringe 2017: 143–45. The word belongs to a wider Indo-European family denoting handles, loops, eyelets, hooks, and reins, though the cognates continue several related stem formations rather than a single *h₂ens-ieh₂ paradigm: Latin ānsa reflects *h₂ens-h₂, Lithuanian ąsà is a closely related ā-stem, while Old Prussian ansis and Latvian ùoss continue an i-stem *h₂ens-i-de Vaan 2008: 44Kroonen 2013: 30. Especially close are Middle Irish éisi < *ansio- and Ancient Greek ἡνία, which Beekes 2010: 520–21, s.v. ἡνία derives from *h₂ens-ieh₂, while Ringe reconstructs their base more cautiously as *(h₂)áns- and explains the secondary initial aspiration of the Greek form through h-copying (Hauchumsprung) Ringe 2024: 140–142Sayeed 2019: 167. Thus, the initial *h₂ is probable but not entirely secure. Despite the formal resemblance, no secure etymological connection with *ansaz can be established.