abhro- (*hebhro-)

    abhro- (*hebhro-)

    English meaning: strong, mighty

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “stark, heftig”

    Note: The Root apelo- : ‘strength” seems related to Root abhro- (*hebhro-): ‘strong, mighty”

    Material: to M.Ir. Prefix abor-, Welsh afr- “ very much “; Goth. abrs “get strong, violent“, adv. abraba “ very much “, bi-abrjan “ before were astonished beside oneself “, O.Ice. Prefix afar- “ very much “; Illyr. VN Α῎βροι, Thrac. PN Α᾽βρο-. Maybe Illyr. VN Α῎βροι, Thrac. PN Α᾽βρο- : Alb. (*Α῎βροι) afronj “bring close, squeeze”, afër “near” similar to formations of Ltv. blaîzît ‘squeeze, clash, hit” : O.C.S. blizь, blizъ adv. “nigh, near“ (lit. “ adjacent “). Here maybe Goth. aba (n- stem) “husband”.

    Note: The root abhro- : ‘strong, mighty” is related to the cult of fertility hence the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture “Αφροδίτη Aphrodite”. The name of Aphrodite derived from Gk. ἀφρός ‘sea foam” + Σῑτα̃νες “titaness”. The name of Aphrodite is also related to Root abō(n) : (ape, aquatic demon) and to Root ab- : (water, river) [see below]. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam about them. From the ἀφρός “aphros (‘sea foam")” arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. Hence she is often referred to as Kypris and Cytherea. The name of Aphrodite is related to PIE Root (enebh-2): nebh-, embh-, m̥bh- : (wet, damp; water; clouds) O.Ind. abhrá- m. (<m̥bhros), Av. awra- n.

    References: WP. I 177, Feist 1 b f., 579 a., W. Schulze KZ. 52, 311 = Kl. Schr. 398.

    See also: abh-