Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aukōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aukōną
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From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum)ElmarSeeboldSeries PracticaMouton851970Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²Martin J.KümmelJenaFriedrich-Schiller-Universität2011-2026Last modified 16 June 2026*h₂ewg-to increase, become strong
verbWeak class 2to increase, to growProbably a secondary Weak class 2 formation beside *aukaną, with productive *-ōną; alternatively, it may have been formed denominatively from *aukô. Seebold 1970: 84 reconstructs *auk-ō- specifically as probably secondary to the strong verb, consistent with the development of Weak class 2 *-ō- into a productive suffix with deverbative as well as denominative functions Ringe 2017: 200, 284–85. The base *aukaną continues Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwg-e/o-, from root *h₂ewg-Kümmel 2011-2026: 40, s.v. *h₂eu̯g-.