Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *arundijąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_arundiją
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The Gersum Project: The Scandinavian Influence on English VocabularyRichardDanceSaraPons-SanzBrittanySchornCambridge, Cardiff and Sheffield2019Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003*h₁ey-to go*orǫdьjebusiness, affairørendierrand, message, businessǣrendemessage; errandārundierrandāruntierrandeyrendierrand, messageerendierrand, message, business
nounneuterja-stema message or communicationan errand, mission, or matter of businessOf uncertain origin; a neuter ja-stem, probably reconstructible as *arundiją beside *ērundiją. Old Norse ørendi and erendi, together with Proto-Slavic *orǫdьje, an early loan from Germanic, favor *arundiją, whereas Old English ǣrende, Old Saxon ārundi, and Old High German ārunti point to *ērundiją. Old Norse eyrendi alone could continue **airundijąDance et al. 2019: s.v. erndeKroonen 2013: 36. Although comparison with *airuz is semantically attractive, the divergent root vocalism makes a direct derivation uncertain. No secure Proto-Indo-European etymology or inherited non-Germanic cognates are known; the older proposal connecting *airuz with Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- is itself speculative and cannot establish a PIE derivation for *arundijąOrel 2003: 9, s.v. *airaz ~ *airuz.