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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 634

Root / lemma: gheig^h-

English meaning: to yearn for

German meaning: `begehren, gierig sein'

Comments: (s. auch das a"hnliche gheidh-)??

Material: Ai. je:h- nur in je:/hama:na-h. `ga"lmend, den Mund aufsperrend, klaffend, lechzend'; vielleicht sekunda"r zu ji/hi:te:, S. 418;

    got. faihu-geigan `begehren', ga-geigan `gewinnen', nasaliert ahd. ginge:n `nach etwas verlangen', gingo `das Verlangen'; nach Wissmann Nom. postverb. 41 jedoch zu g^hei-gh-, oben S. 421.

    lit. a~pmauda, gie~z^ti `Groll hegen', giez^iu/os `heftig verlangen', pagie~z^ti `nach Rache verlangen', pagiez^a\ `Rachgier'; falls lit. gie~z^ti, pa-gie~z^ti intr. `im Halse kratzen' damit identisch wa"re, mu"s|te obige Zusammenstellung fortfallen.

References: WP. I 552; anders Feist 136 f.

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