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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōgijaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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Causative of *aganą (to fear).[1] Compare *agjaną as evidenced by Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*agjan, to frighten), which is the inherited causative with similar meaning.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*ōgijaną[1]

  1. to scare

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old English: onēġan
  • Old Norse: ǿgja
  • Gothic: 𐍉𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ōgjan)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ōgjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂egʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 257