οἴγω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Per Forssman, who reconstructs an ablauting root *ὀϝειγ- (*oweig-)/*ὀϝιγ- (*owig-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃wóyg-os, from *h₃weyg- (to give way, bend), and cognate with Sanskrit विज् (vij, to shake, tremble) and वेग (vega, violent movement, momentum).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

οἴγω (oígō)

  1. to open

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οἴγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1052-3

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