k̂ū-

    k̂ū-

    English meaning: sharp; pike

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spitz, Spieß”

    Note: Root k̂ū- : ‘sharp; pike” derived from zero grade of Root ak̂-, ok̂- : ‘sharp; stone”.

    Material: O.Ind. śū-la- m. n. ‘spit, pike, spitzer picket, pole; stechender pain”, Arm. slak” (from *sulak”) ‘spit, pike, Dolch, Pfeil”, O.Ir. cuil “culex”, Welsh cylion-en ds., Lat. culex “ mosquito “; O.Ind. śū-ka- m. n. ‘sting, prick a Insekts, awn of Getreides”, Av. sū-kü- f. “needle”, Pers. sōzan “needle”, sōk “Ähre, awn”; dubious prükr. osukkai “wetzt, schärft”; Lat. cuneus “wedge” (due to from k̂u-no- “cusp, peak”). Maybe Alb. kunj “wedge” Lat. loanword.

    References: WP. I 465, WH. I 302 f., 308.