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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *mag'h-
Meaning: to battle
Other Iranian: PIr *ha-mazan- `Krieger': hamazakáran = polemeîn, Pérsai Hsch.
Old Greek: mákhomai̯, ep. makhéomai̯, aor. makhés(s)asthai̯, makhḗsasthai̯, p. makhesthē̂nai̯, pf. m. memákhēmai̯, va. makhētó- `kämpfen'; mákhǟ `Kampf', makhḗmōn `streitbar'
Russ. meaning: сражаться
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1209
Root: maĝh-
English meaning: to fight
German meaning: `kämpfen'
Material: Gr. ᾽Αμαζών, Lw. durch äol. Vermittlung aus einem iran. Volksnamen *ha-mazan- `Krieger', vgl. ἁμαζακάραν' (: ar. kar- `machen') πολεμει̃ν. Πέτσαι Hes. und ἁμαζανώδες αἱ μηλέαι (vom VN Hamazan-); gr. μάχομαι `kämpfe', μάχη `Kampf, Schlacht', μάχαιρα `Schwert, Messer' (fem. zu *μάχων `schneidend'? Oder semit. Lw., zu hebr. mekhērah `Schwert'?).
References: WP. II 227, WH. II 3, 4.
Pages: 697
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