Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *arbaidōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_arbaidōną
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A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic LanguagesRobert D.FulkJohn Benjamins Publishing Company2018A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017erfiðato toil, laborearfodiantoil, labor; suffer hardshiparvidōnwork, laborarabeitōnwork, toil; trouble, tormentarbeitōnwork, toil; trouble, torment
verbWeak class 2to work, laborto toilA denominal Weak class 2 verb from *arbaidiz + *-ōną, from earlier *-ōjaną. The suffix had been reanalyzed in Germanic as an independent productive denominative formant and could be added to nominal bases outside the inherited *eh₂-stem class Fulk 2018: 304–308Orel 2003: 22, s.v. *arbaidōjananRinge 2017: 189, 200–201. Reflected by Old Norse erfiða, Old English earfodian, Old Saxon arvidōn, and Old High German arabeitōn, arbeitōnOrel 2003: 22, s.v. *arbaidōjanan. The Weak class 1 *arbaidijaną is a parallel formation from the same nominal base. For the deeper etymology, see *arbaidiz.