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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *elk'-
Meaning: abscess, boil
Old Indian: árśas- n. `piles, hemorrhoids'
Old Greek: hélkos n. `Wunde, Geschwür'; hélkano-n `wound' Hsch.
Germanic: *ulx-iɵ=
Latin: ulcus, -eris n. `Geschwür'
Russ. meaning: нарыв
References: WP I 160
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ulxiɵ=
Meaning: filth(y)
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Old Norse: ülda f. `Modergeruch'
Old High German: { oltar `Schmutzkrume' }
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 474
Root: elkos-
English meaning: boil n.
German meaning: `Geschwür'
Grammatical comments: n.
Material: Ai. árśas- n. `Hämorrhoiden';

    gr. ἕλκος n. `Wunde, bes. eiternde Wunde, Geschwür' (Spir. asper nach ἕλκω), ἕλκανα τραύματα Hes., ἑλκαίνω `bin verwundet';

    lat. ulcus, -eris `Geschwür' (*elkos); zu lat. ulcus wohl auch ulciscor, ultus sum `für jemanden oder etwas Rache nehmen, sich an jemandem rächen' als `schwären, gegen jemanden Eiter, Groll ansammeln'.

    Letzteres wird dagegen von Pedersen KG. I 126 unwahrscheinlich zu air. olc, elc `malus' gestellt, s. *elk- `hungrig; schlecht'.

References: WP. I 160.
Pages: 310
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