Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aikaną

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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

Etymology 1

Derived from *aiganą (to own).[1]

Verb

*aikaną[1]

  1. to make one's own, claim
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *oyk- (to be out of tune, be grumpy or cranky).

Verb

*aikaną

  1. to rage, be violent
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aikan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 10