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Number: 774
Root: i̯ēgʷā
English meaning: force
German meaning: `Kraft, Jugendkraft'
Material: Gr. ἥβη `Jugendkraft, Mannbarkeit', ἡβάω `bin mannbar', ἡβάσκω `werde m.', ἔφ-ηβος `Jüngling' (vgl. ἐπ-άργυρος);

    lit. nuo-, pa-jėgà `Kraft, Vermogen', jėgiù, jė̃gti `vermögen, stark sein', lett. jẽga `Verstand', jẽgt `fassen, verstehen'; ob hierher das isolierte russ. dial. jáglyj `heftig; eifrig; geschwind'? (s. Berneker 443).

    Unsicher ist die Deutung von gr. ἁβρός `zart, fein, üppig' aus *i̯ǝgʷ-rós `in Jugendkraft strotzend', ebenso, ob lat. Iegius, osk. Ieíis (mit ē?) hierhergehören.

References: WP. I 206 f., Trautmann 107.
Pages: 503
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *yēgʷ- (Greek h-)
Meaning: power
Old Greek: hḗbǟ (Dor. hḗbā, aeol. ā́bā) 'youthful prime, youth'
Baltic: *jē̂g-ā̂ f. (1/2), *jēg- vb. intr.
Russ. meaning: сила
References: Fraenkel 192
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *jē̂g-ā̂ f. (1/2), *jēg- vb. intr.
Meaning: strength
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Lithuanian: jēgà 'Kraft, Stärke', pa=jē̃gti 'imstande, fähig sein, vermögen'
Lettish: ję̃ga, ję̀gs2 'Vermögen, physische Kraft; Vernunft, Verstand; Besinnung; Ahnung', jẽgt (/ jêgt Ruj., Dond.) (ję̃dzu, jẽdzu) 'verstehen, begreifen'
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