Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *ongʷ-

Meaning: fat; to oil

Old Indian: anákti, caus. añjayati `to smear with, anoint', ptc. aktá-; áñjas- n. `ointment', añjí- m., n. `ointment, brilliancy'

Armenian: aucanem `salbe'

Baltic: *ang-t-a-n n.

Germanic: *ank-an- m.

Latin: unguō, ūnxī, unctus, -ere `salben'; unguen, -inis n. `Salbe'

Other Italic: Umbr umtu `unguitō', umen `unguen'

Russ. meaning: жир; мазать жиром

References: WP I 181

Number: 1420

Root: ongʷ-

English meaning: to anoint

German meaning: `salben'

Derivatives: ongʷ-en-, n̥gʷ-en- `Salbe'

Material: Ai. añj-, anákti (3. Pl. añjánti) `salbt, bestreicht, schmückt', Partiz. Perf. aktá-, Pass. ajyáte; añjanam `das Salben, Salbe', áñjas- n. `Salbe', añjí- `salbend'; m. n. `Salbe, Schmuck', ā́jyam n. `Opferschmalz' (ā + ajya- < *n̥gʷi̯o-);

arm. aucanem `salbe' (vgl. Meillet Esquisse de l'Arm.² 37);

lat. unguō, unctus; umbr. umtu `unguito'; apr. anctan, ancte `Butter'.

ongʷen- `Salbe, Schmiere'.

Lat. unguen, unguen-tum `Fett, Salbe', umbr. umen ds., ahd. ancho, anco m., mhd. anke `Butter', alem.-südschwäb. Anke (m., selten f.) `Butter'.

n̥gʷ-en-: ir. imb (Gen. imbe) `Butter', acorn. amen-en, bret. amann, aman-enn, cymr. ymen-yn(aus umgelautetem *emen-yn); vgl. oben ai. ā́jyam.

References: WP. I 181, Kuiper Nasalpräs. 122.

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