Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *ginnaną Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_ginnaną

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*kentus first *gʰed- to take *ken- to arise, begin *načęti to begin

verb Strong class 3 to begin to make an opening, to cut open Unclear, the root has often been traced to Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (‘to take’), e.g. by LIV. Kroonen and Scheungraber take it to be from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (‘to arise, begin’), with the prefix inducing voicing by Verner's law. Cognates would then include Proto-Slavic *načęti (‘to begin’) and Proto-Celtic *kentus (‘first’). If the meaning 'to cut open' is original, the verb could be related to *gīnaną (‘to gape, to yawn’) from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₂ey-.