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Number: 143
Root: augh-, ugh-
English meaning: nape
German meaning: `Genick'
Material: Charpentier KZ. 46, 42 stellt ai. uṣṇíhā f. `Genick' (nur Pl.) und gr. αὐχήν `Nacken, Meerenge' zusammen. In uṣṇíhā liegt das Deminutivsuffix -ihā̆-, gr. -ιχα- vor. Anzusetzen ist *ugh-s-n-íghā das erste gh ist dissimilatorisch geschwunden. Dem *ugh-s-no steht *au̯gh-en- in gr. αὐχήν gegenüber; hierher arm. awj `Kehle', awji-k `Halskragen'; äol. ἄμφην `Nacken', äol. αὔφεν ds. müssen davon getrennt werden, trotz Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 296; über gr. δάφνη: kypr. δαύχνα `Lorbeer' besser WH. I 775 f. (vgl. oben S. 43 und Hoffmann Gr. Dial. II 500, Meister Gr. Dial. I 120).
References: WP. I 25, Adontz Mél. Boisacq 10.
Pages: 87
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *aug'h-en-
Meaning: back of the head
Old Indian: uṣṇíhā f. 'Genick' (nur pl.) (-iha = Greek -ikho/-ā Deminutivsuffix)
Armenian: awǯ 'Kehle', awǯi-k 'Halskragen'
Old Greek: au̯khḗn, -énos m. `Nacken, Hals; Land-, Meerzunge'
Russ. meaning: затылок
References: WP I 25
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