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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *gan-ā̂, *gan-ē̂- vb.
Meaning: enough
Lithuanian: ganà, gañ `genug', ganḗti 'genügen, hinreichen'
Lettish: gan(a) 'genug, allerdings, schon, zwar'
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *gʷhen-
Meaning: to flourish, to be full, to swell
Old Indian: ghaná- `compact, solid, dense', m. `compact mass or substance'
Other Iranian: NPers ā-gandan `anfüllen', āganiš `voll'
Old Greek: eu̯-thenéō, eu̯-thēnéō `gedeihe, blühen', eu̯-thēníǟ, eu-thénei̯a `blühender Zustand, Fülle, Zufuhr, annona'; eu̯-thenḗs `eupathôusa, iskhürá' (Hsch.), eu̯-thēnḗs `gedeihend', Kresphónthǟs, Polüphóntǟs = Polüktḗtǟs, Kleophóntǟs; phanā̂n `thélein' (Hsch.)
Slavic: *gonētī `genügen'
Russ. meaning: процветать, быть полным, распухать
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *ganta-
Meaning: all, whole
Old High German: ganz (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: ganz 'unverletzt, heil, ges und, vollständig'
German: ganz
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 752
Root: gʷhen-1
English meaning: to swell, abound
German meaning: `schwellen, strotzen, Fülle'
Derivatives: gʷhono-s `üppig, reichlich'
Material: Ai. ā-haná- `schwellend, strotzend, üppig', ghaná- `dicht, dick', m. `kompakte Masse'; npers. ā-gandan `anfüllen', āganiš `voll';
arm. yogn `multum' (Prap. i + *o-gʷhon- oder *o-gʷhno-, im Präfix o- dem ar. ā-nächststehend);
gr. εὐθενής `reichlich, in Fülle', Hes. εὐθενέω `gedeihe', εὐθένεια `Fülle, blühender Zustand', dehnstufig ion. εὐθηνής `reichlich, in Fülle', ion. att. εὐθηνέω `gedeihe, bin in Blüte und Kraft', εὐθηνία f. `Fülle'; o-stufig Πολυφόντης = Πολυκτήτης, Κλεοφόντης, usw., red.-stufig φανα̃ν θέλειν Hes., wohl eigentlich `geil sein';
lit. ganà `genug', ganė́ti `genügen', gandė́ti `genug haben', lett. gana `genug';
aksl. gonějetъ, goněti `genügen', Denomin. von *gona = lit. ganà;
ob hierher gr. ἄφενος, ἄφνος n. `reichlicher Vorrat, Reichtum', ἀφνειός `begütert' (φ und der Vokalvorschlag aus der vokallosen Form (α)φν- oder *sm̥-gʷh(e)n-?), auch παρ-θένος `Jungfrau' (leibliche Fülle?)?
References: WP. I 679, WH. I 479; Trautmann 77 f.
Pages: 491
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