Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *awjōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_awjō
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The origin of Latin aqua, and of teutā ‘people’Robert S.P.BeekesJournal of Indo-European Studies263–4459–4661998Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch [Old High German dictionaryAlbert L.LloydOttoSpringerVandenhoeck & RuprechtVols. 1–51988From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017aquawater*h₂ep-water; body of water*h₂ékʷeh₂(flowing) water
nounfeminineō-stemwetland; floodplain, meadowislandFrom pre-Germanic *ahwjā́, a jō-stem derivative of *ahwō; Ringe 2017: 130 reconstructs the development *ahʷjā́ > *agʷjā́ > Proto-Germanic *aujō (here *awjō), while Kroonen 2013: 41–42 projects the formation as *h₂ekʷ-iéh₂. Ultimately associated with *h₂ékʷeh₂, also underlying Latin aquaLloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. aha¹. The deeper origin of this restricted Germanic–Italic word is disputed: Beekes 1998: 459–61 considers it an Old European substrate word, whereas Kroonen tentatively connects it with PIE *h₂ep-Kroonen 2013: 7, s.v. *ahwō-. See *ahwō for further discussion.