Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *getanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_getaną
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χανδάνωhold, contain*gʰeprehendōsnatch, seize
verbStrong class 5to find or make a wayto attain, acquire, get, receive, holdFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʰe (n)d- (‘to take, seize’). Cognate with Latin prehendō (‘snatch, seize’), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, ‘hold, contain’). The original meaning appears to have been "to seize an opportunity" or "to find a way".