agoi̯

Polabian

Etymology

From Middle Low German hegen / heien (“to separate, to care for, to guard, to protect, to save, spare”) +‎ -oi̯ (inflectional ending).

Verb

agoi̯ ? (second-person imperative)

  1. protect!, save!

Usage notes

Sometimes transcribed as agojĕ (“he protects”) (third-person singular masculine present).

verbs

References

  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “agojĕ”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 2
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “agoj”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 32
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Aggóy”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 2
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