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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂ogʰéyeti ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*ōgijaną[1]
- to scare
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*agan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3: “*ōgjan-”