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Proto-Germanic
Etymology 1
From Pre-Germanic *h₃odéyeti, causative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to hate”).
Verb
*atjaną[1]
- to incite
Inflection
Conjugation of
*atjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From *etaną + *-janą (causative suffix). Diachronically from Proto-Indo-European *h₁odéyeti; compare Sanskrit आदयति (ādáyati, “to feed”).
Verb
*atjaną[2]
- to cause/allow to eat, feed (an animal)
- to pasture; graze
- to cause to be eaten, feed (fodder)
Inflection
Conjugation of
*atjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*atjan- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*atjan- 2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39