Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *auþuzScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_auþuz
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Gothic Etymological DictionaryWinfred P.LehmannBrill1986aA Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003The remodelling of u-stem adjectives in West Germanic10.21827/tabu.2023.41274.LourensVisserTABU15250–2652024The origin of the denominative type Lith. ‑áuti, ‑áuja, OCS ‑ovati, ‑ujǫMiguelVillanueva SvenssonBaltistica XLIX (2)251–642014From run to desire: Lat. auēre 'desire, be eager, long (for)' and *h₂euh₁- 'run (to/for)', Lat. accersere 'go forth', 'fetch' and Toch. B ñäsk- 'desire', Ved. ávīs-yú- 'greedy'José L.García RamónGiampaolo BorghelloVincenzo OriolesPer Roberto Gusmani: Studi in ricordo, vol. 2: Linguistica storica e teoricaUdineForum151–1662012*h₁euH-to give milk, suckleaveōto desire, wish or long for, crave, be eagerअवतिto be pleased, like; to promote, favor, satisfy𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌to care for, helpcon·oíto protectἐνηήςkind, gentle, favorable*h₂eu-enjoy
adju-stemeasy, effortless; light, not difficult or burdensomeFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂éu-tu-s, belonging to the Indo-European *h₂eu(H)- word family associated with favor, assistance, well-being, enjoyment, and desire. Compare Sanskrit अवति, Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌, Old Irish con·oí, Ancient Greek ἐνηής, and Latin aveōKroonen 2013: 43Visser 2024: 250–65. Kroonen reconstructs the immediate preform specifically as *h₂eu-tu-; García Ramón 2012 and Villanueva Svensson 2014: 256–57 argue that the traditionally separated PIE roots *h₂eu- and *h₁euH- instead belong to a single root *h₂euh₁-, with semantic developments including ‘help, favor’, ‘be pleased with, prefer’, and ‘desire’. The precise morphological relationship of *h₂eu-tu- to this laryngeal-final root is uncertain. The adjective should probably be distinguished from *auþijaz, although Orel 2003: 30, s.v. *auþjaz suggests that the two may nevertheless be historically related; Lehmann 1986a: 52, s.v. *auþs treats them as identical.