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Record number: 1424

Root / lemma: op-2

English meaning: to choose; to suggest

German meaning: `auswa"hlen, den Vorzug geben, vermuten'

Material: Gr. zu -- `wa"hlen, auslesen'; lat. *opere ist durch *praed-opiont (Festus p. 205 praedotiont) `praeoptant' belegt; abgeleitet *opio:(n) `Erwartung, Meinung', wozu Denominativum opi:nor, -a:ri `vermuten, wa"hnen, meinen' opi:nio `Meinung, Erwartung'; Frequentativum zu *opio:, -ere ist lat. opto:, -a:re `wu"nschen', wozu optio: f. `freie Wahl', m. `Gehilfe';

    umbr. upetu `opta:to:', opeter Gen. `le:cti:', osk. ufteis `opta:ti:';

    aksl. za-(j)apú `Vermutung', ne-vúz-apünú `unvermutet' (vgl. lat. in-, nec-opi:nus `unvermutet', welche Ru"ckbildungen aus inopi:natus sind);

    toch. A opya:c, Â åðóàñ `Verstand' (iran. Lw. ?).

References: WP. I 176 f. , WH. II 212 f.

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