An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/angenehm

by Friedrich Kluge

angenehm, adjective, ‘agreeable, pleasant,’ from Middle High German genœme, late Old High German ginâmi, adjective, ‘acceptable, agreeable’ (without the prefix an-), allied to nehmen. Compare Gothic andanêms ‘agreeable,’ allied to and-niman, ‘to accept.’