Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aunazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aunaz
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Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 4)RickDerksenBrill2008Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9)RankoMatasovićBrill2009aEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008Of Lambkins and Piglets in Old English and BeyondPatrick V.StilesTransactions of the Philological Society 116246–2562018ἀμνόςlambагнѧlamb*agʷnoslambagnuslamb*ognoslamb*h₂egʷ-nó-slamb*owissheep
nounmasculinea-stemlambFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷ-nó-s, probably via pre-Germanic *akʷna-. The Germanic *auna- would regularly suggest PIE *gʷʰ de Vaan 2008: 30, but Ancient Greek ἀμνός and Old Church Slavonic агнѧ, the latter showing Winter’s-law lengthening Derksen 2008: 26–27, s.v. *àgnьcь, favor plain *gʷ. The Germanic form is therefore best explained as early remodeling of *akʷna- under the influence of *awiz, before Kluge’s Law Stiles 2018: 249–252. Cognate with Proto-Italic *agʷnos, whence Latin agnusde Vaan 2008: 30, and Proto-Celtic *ognos, whose unexpected *o- may likewise reflect influence from *owisMatasović 2009a: 301–302. The PIE noun has no secure deeper etymology.