From: andythewiros
Message: 67513
Date: 2011-05-06
>Approximate translations in brackets:
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> If you understand German, here's what Kluge's Deutsches Etymologisches Wörterbuch has to say:
>Andrew
> "mhd <ahten>, ahd. asächs <ahtôn> "nachdenken [reflect, meditate, think over], beachten [note, pay attention to, notice, observe, consider], werten [value, appraise, judge], glauben [believe]", afries. <ahtia>, as. <ahtôn>, mnl. nnl. <achten>, ags. <eahtian> "schätzen [estimate, value, assess, esteem, treasure, appreciate], beraten [advise, counsel, deliberate on], wachen über [watch over], preisen [praise]", neben Acht f., mhd. <ahte>, ahd. <ahta> "Beachtung [notice, attention, consideration, observance], Aufmerken [attention]", mnd. afries. <achte>, mnl. <achte>, nnl. <acht>, ags. <eaht> "Rat [advice, counsel], Beratung [deliberation], Schätzung [estimate, estimation, valuation, esteem, appreciation], Wert [worth, value]". Zugrunde liegt der germ. Verbalstamm *ah- [at bottom is the germanic verb stem *ah-] in got. <ahjan> "glauben [believe], meinen [be of the opinion]", <inahs> "verständig [intelligent, reasonable, sensible]" usw [etc.]. Außergerm. lassen sich gr. <óknos> "Bedenklichkeit" [doubtfulness, precariousness] und <okneîn> "zaudern" [linger, delay, waver, hesitate], toch. B <âks> "wach sein [be awake]" auf idg. *ok- "nachdenken" [think over, reflect, meditate] zurückführen." [outside of Germanic, the following words suggest leading back to IE *ok- "think over, reflect, meditate"]
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