Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *AudawakrazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_audawakraz
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica 33)FrankHeidermannsWalter de Gruyter1993Encyclopedia of Indo-European CultureJames P.MalloryDouglas Q.AdamsFitzroy Dearborn Publishers1997Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Altnordisches Etymologisches WörterbuchJande VriesBrill1977*weǵ-to be strong, be awake, be fresh, be cheerfulvakrwatchful, lively; quickwacorwatchful, attentivewahharawake, lively; watchfulवज्रthunderbolt; cudgel, weapon
propnmasculinea-stema male given nameFrom *audaz + *wakraz. The second element is independently attested in the Runic personal name *wakraR and in Old Norse vakr, Old English wacor, and Old High German wahharde Vries 1977: 639–640, s.v. vakrHeidermanns 1993: 645. An alternative interpretation connects the second element with Sanskrit वज्र and interprets the name as approximately ‘rich in weapons’ Mallory & Adams 1997: 112, but this is uncertain; the usual derivation of *wakraz from PIE *weǵ- is better supported Rix et al. 2001: 660–661.