Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Long-range etymologies :
Search within this database
Borean (approx.) : HVWV
Meaning : to wish
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-reference,
Search within this database
Nostratic etymology :
Search within this database
Eurasiatic: *h/a/wV
Meaning: to wish (cf. 173)
References: МССНЯ 340, ОСНЯ 1, 242; ND 790 *hawV 'desire, love' (+ Sem.); 1900 *qaw(V)yV 'to protect, defend, help' (same IE + incorr. TM, Mong. + Eg., Bj.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
Search within this database
Indo-European etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-IE: *awǝ-
Meaning: to long for, to wish
Old Indian: ávati `to favour, satisfy', ptc. ūta-; ávas- n. `favour, protection, avitár- `favourer, protector', ūtí- f. `help, protection'; óman- `helping, useful', omán- m. `help, favour', óman- m. `friend, helper'
Avestan: avaiti- `sorgt, hilft', avah- n. `Hilfe'; aoman- `helfend, beistehend'
Armenian: aviun `libido'
Old Greek: en-ǟḗs, gen. en-ǟéos, acc. -éa, pl. -ǟ̂es, -ées `mild, sanft, wohlwollend'; aítǟ-s m., aîti-s f. `Geliebter(in)'
Latin: aveō, -ēre `begierig sein, heftiges Verlangen tragen', avidus, -a `Begierig', audeō, -ēre, ausus sum `Lust haben, aufgelegt, wage sein'
Celtic: *awel- > Cymr ewyll, ewyllys `voluntas', Corn awell, awel `Verlangen'
Russ. meaning: стремиться, желать
Comments: [Rather difficult to distinguish from *āw- `note, listen']
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-celt,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,
Search within this database
Baltic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Baltic: *aû-s- vb., *aû-s-ē̂-, -ī̂- vb. (1?)
Meaning: hurry
Old Lithuanian: austi-s `sich erquicken', atausima-s 'Erquickung' (Kn. nobažn., 1662)
Lettish: ataust `sich erholen, laben', ataũsêt, ataũsît `erquicken, laben'
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-olith,baltet-lett,
Search within this database
Germanic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Germanic: *auɵia-
Meaning: light, easy
Old Norse: auδ- `leicht'
Norwegian: aud- `leicht, schnell'
Old English: īɵe adj. `easy, pleasant', adv. ēaɵe (ēɵe, ǖɵe) `easy, smooth'; ēaɵ-mōd `humble, lowly, obedient'
Old Saxon: ōthmōdi `demütig'
Old High German: ōdmuoti
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-oengl,germet-osax,germet-ohg,
Search within this database
Pokorny's dictionary :
Search within this database
Number: 134
Root: au̯-7, au̯ē-, au̯ēi-
English meaning: to like; to help
German meaning: `gern haben'; daher einerseits `verlangen', andrerseits `begünstigen, hilfreich sein'
Derivatives: au̯os `Hilfe'
Material: Ai. ávati `verlangt, begünstigt, fördert' = av. avaiti `sorgt, hilft' = air. con-ōi `beschützt'; messap. αιναμι `valēre iubeō?'; ai. ávas- n. Befriedigung, Gunst, Beistand' = av. avah- n. `Hilfe' (dazu wohl ai. avasá- n. `Nahrung'), vgl. gr. ἐν-ηής `wohlwollend' (*εν-ᾱής); ai. ōman- `günstig, helfend' = av. aoman- `helfend, beistehend', ai. ōmán- m. `Gunst, Beistand, Schutz', ōma-ḥ `Genosse'; ai. avitár- m. `Gönner, Förderer' (von der zweisilbigen Wzf. wie Fut. avišyati, Perf. 2. Sg. āvitha, sowie Partiz. ūtá- und:) ūtí-ḥ `Förderung, Hilfe'; arm. aviun `libido' (Petersson Et. Misz. 8);
gr. -ᾱονες im 2. Gliede griechischer Stammnamen ( ᾽Ιάονες)? Vgl. Kretschmer Gl. 18, 232 f., anders Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 487, 3; 521; ἀί̄τᾱς (Theokrit) `Freund, Geliebter';
lat. aveō, -ēre (Basis au̯ē[i]- wie im vorhergehenden) `begierig sein, heftiges Verlangen tragen', avidus `begierig, worauf Lust habend' (davon audeō, -ēre `wofür Lust haben, aufgelegt sein, es übers Herz bringen, wagen'), avārus `geldgierig, habsüchtig';
air. con ōi `beschützt', cymr. ewyllys `voluntas', corn. awell `Verlangen', abr. a-iul `ultro', mbret. eoull, youll `voluntas', als Namenbestandteil in gall. Avi-cantus (=abret. Eucant), acymr. Euilaun u. dgl., ebenso in ahd. Namen wie Awileib, Awo; vgl. got. awi-liuþ `χάρις, εὐχαριστία'; mcymr. ri-m-aw `er gewähre mir', cymr. ad-aw (mit negat. at-) `verlassen', abret. di-eteguetic `destitutas' (*di-at-aw-etic).
Falk-Torp 1407 reiht auch an: ahd. ōdi, as. ōthi, ags. Adj. īeþe, Adv. ēaþe `leicht, bequem', ahd. ōdmuoti, as. ōthmōdi `demütig', ags. ēaþmōd `demütig', anord. auđmjūkr `leicht zu bewegen, willig, demütig', auđkendr `leicht zu erkennen'; Gdbed. sei `willig', woraus `leicht zu machen'; formell germ. to-Partizip-Bildung zu awi- (Vorbild germ. auþia- `öde'?). Recht unsicher.
Wenn auch altlit. auštis `sich erquicken', ataušimas `Erquickung', lett. ataust `sich erholen, laben', ataũsêt `erquicken, laben' verwandt sind, liegt ihnen die Tiefstufe *aus- des in ai. ávas-, gr. ἐν-ηής vorliegenden es-St. zugrunde. Oder = lit. áušti `kalt werden', áušyti `kühlen'?
Toch. B au-lāre, A olar `Genosse'; als zweifelhaft В omaute `Sehnsucht', w-är(īn)- `ersehnen', A w-aste `Schutz' mit angebl. Schwundstufe der Wz. Eher hierher wa- `geben', A 1.Sg. wsā (Pedersen Tochar. 186).
References: WP. I 19, WH. I 81, 850, Van Windekens Lexique 9, 79, 153, 157.
Pages: 77-78
pokorny-root,pokorny-meaning,pokorny-ger_mean,pokorny-derivative,pokorny-material,pokorny-ref,pokorny-pages,pokorny-piet,
Search within this database
Dravidian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Dravidian : *āv-
Meaning : to desire
Proto-South Dravidian: *āv- dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,
Search within this database
South Dravidian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-South Dravidian : *āv-
Meaning : to desire
Tamil : āvu (āvi-)
Tamil meaning : to desire
Tamil derivates : āval great desire, craving, earnestness; (PR) āvalar lovers; avāvu (avāvi-) to desire, crave for, covet; avā desire for a thing, covetousness; avāvan_ avaricious person; avavu avidity
Malayalam : āvikka
Malayalam meaning : to desire
Malayalam derivates : āval desire; āv-ēr_r_am excessive desire; akāvu gluttony, greediness
Number in DED : 0394
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-malder,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
Search within this database
Nilgiri etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Nilgiri : *āv-
Meaning : desire to eat
Toda : ōfɨl
Number in DED : 394
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-toda,ktet-dednum,
Search within this database
Telugu etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Telugu : *āb-
Meaning : greediness
Telugu : āba
Number in DED : 394
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-dednum,
Search within this database
Afroasiatic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *haw-
Meaning: want
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-lec,
Search within this database
Semitic etymology :
Search within this database
Number: 1648
Proto-Semitic: *hVw-
Meaning: 'wish' (n.) 1, 'want' 2
Ugaritic: hwt 1
Arabic: hwy 2
Notes: Represented as triliteral *hVwVy- in Arab
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-uga,semet-ara,semet-notes,
Search within this database
Central Chadic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-CChadic: *hay-
Meaning: 'love' 1,'like' 2
Margi: yǝ̀ 1,2 [HfM:47] (lenition < *hyV-)
Malgwa: haya 1[Lr]
Mofu-Gudur: -háhiy- 1[BMof] cf.ma-háya 'good' , háyá (exclam.) 'good!' [BaMof]
Zime-Dari: cf. wàʔ 'want' [Cpr] < var. *hwaʔ- ?
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mrg,cchet-zgh,cchet-mof,cchet-zim,
Search within this database
East Chadic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-EChadic: *(H)wVʔ-
Meaning: 'search, want, wish'
Mokilko: wéʔé [JgMkk]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-mkk,
Search within this database
Low East Cushitic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Low East Cushitic: *haw-
Meaning: 'wish' (n.) 1, 'want' 2
Somali: hawo 1
Oromo (Galla): haw- 2
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-oro,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | 665547 | 3254214 |
| Help
|
StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin | ![](/images/harbour-button.gif) | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|