Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ansuzScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ansuz
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Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 5)AlwinKloekhorstBrill2008Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Encyclopedia of Indo-European CultureJames P.MalloryDouglas Q.AdamsFitzroy Dearborn Publishers1997Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Indo-European patrons vs. clients, and the role of poets as social brokers: ‘Leaders’ vs. ‘friends’, and intelligent speakers in the mythologies of Scandinavia, India, and RomeRiccardoGinevraPower, gender, and mobility: Aspects of Indo-European societyCopenhagenMuseum Tusculanum177–2092024Hittite ḫaššu- ‘king’ and the Indo-Iranian ásura-ProblemGeorges-JeanPinaultAdam Alvah CattRonald I. KimBrent VineQAZZU warrai. Anatolian and Indo-European Studies in Honor of Kazuhiko YoshidaAnn Arbor – NYBeech Stave Press292–3022019b*h₂éms-u-s ~ *h₂m̥s-éw-sking, lord𒄩𒀸𒋗𒍑king*Hásušlordअसुरlord*h₂ems-/*h₂ens-to give birth, begeth₂ens-to direct, guide, steer
nounmasculineu-stemdeity, godname of the rune ᚨ (a)From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éms-u-s ~ *h₂m̥s-éw-s, a proterokinetic masculine u-stem traditionally derived from *h₂ems-/*h₂ens-Kloekhorst 2008: 319–20, 327–28Kroonen 2013: 30Rix et al. 2001: 269. Cognate with Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒋗𒍑 and Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuš; compare Sanskrit असुर, a *-ro- derivative of the same u-stem Ginevra 2024: 183, 187Kroonen 2013: 30. On the traditional analysis, the semantic development was probably ‘offspring, one begotten’ > ‘king, lord’ > ‘god’, consistent with Anatolian derivatives of *h₂ems- belonging to the semantic field of birth and descent Kloekhorst 2008: 319–20, 327–28Mallory & Adams 1997: 330. Alternatively, Pinault 2019b: 295–96 connects *ansuz with Hittite 𒄩𒀸𒋗𒍑, but derives it from a separate PIE root h₂ens-, rather than from *h₂ems-/*h₂ens-.