au̯-7, au̯ē-, au̯ēi-

    au̯-7, au̯ē-, au̯ēi-

    English meaning: to like; to help, *desire

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gern haben”; daher einerseits “verlangen”, andrerseits “begũnstigen, hilfreich sein”

    Material: O.Ind. ávati “ desires, favors above others, promotes, patronizes “ = Av. avaiti “ provides, helps “ = O.Ir. con-ōi “ protects “; Messap. αFιναμι “ I bid (s.o.) farewell? (to wish s.o. to be strong to be healthy) “; O.Ind. ávas- n. “ satisfaction, favour, assistance “ = Av. avah- n. “help” (in addition probably O.Ind. avasá- n. “nourishment”), compare Gk. ἐν-ηής “favorable” (*εν-ᾱFής); O.Ind. ōman- “ favorable, helping “ = Av. aoman- “ supporting, helping “, O.Ind. ōmá n- m. “ favour, assistance, protection “, ōma-ḥ “ comrade “; O.Ind. avitár- m. “ patron, sponsor, patronizer “ (from which 2-syllable root form as Fut. avišyati, perf. 2. sg. üvitha, as well as participle ūtá - and:) ūtí -ḥ “ delivery, help”; Arm. aviun “ violent desire, longing; esp. irrational whim, caprice, or immoderate passion, lust “ (Petersson Et. Misz. 8); Gk. -ᾱFονες in 2. part of Greek family names ( ᾽Ιάονες)? compare Kretschmer Gl. 18, 232 f., different Schwyzer Gk. I 487, 3; 521; ἀί̄τᾱς (Theokrit) “ friend, lover “; Lat. aveō, -ēre (basis au̯ē[i]- as in preceding) “ be eager, have a wild desire, long for, desire “, avidus “ desiring, longing for; esp. greedy for money, avaricious “ (therefrom audeō, -ēre “ to be daring; to dare, venture, bring oneself to “), avürus “ covetous, greedy “; O.Ir. con ōi “protects”, Welsh ewyllys “favor, wish desire”, Corn. awell “ desire”, abr. a-iul “unaided, wantonly, voluntarily”, M.Bret. eoull, youll “ favor, wish desire “, as a name component in Gaul. Avi-cantus (=O.Bret. Eucant), O.Welsh Euilaun under likewise, also in O.H.G. names as Awileib, Awo; compare Goth. awi-liuÞ “χάρις, εὐχαριστία”; M.Welsh ri-maw “ he grants to me “, Welsh ad-aw (with negat. at-) “ leave “, O.Bret. di-eteguetic “abandoned, forsaken, deserted, destitute” (*di-at-aw-etic). Falk-Torp 1407 adds also an: O.H.G. ōdi, O.S. ōthi, O.E. adj. īeÞe, adv. ēaÞe “ easy, comfortable “, O.H.G. ōdmuoti, O.S. ōthmōdi “modest”, O.E. ēaÞmōd “modest”, O.N. auđmjūkr “ to move easily, willing, modest “, auđkendr “ to recognize easily “; basic meaning is “ willing “, from which “ to make easy “; formal Gmc. to-participle-formation to awi- (example Gmc. auÞia- “ deserted; flat; waste; empty; abandoned; blasted; desolate; bleak; grey; gray; barren; stuffy; dull; tedious “?). Rather uncertainly. If also O.Lith. auštis “ refresh oneself “, ataušimas “ refreshment “, Ltv. ataust “ recover, refresh “, ataũsêt “ invigorate, refresh “ are used, the zero grade lies to them *aus - of in O.Ind. ávas-, Gk. ἐν-ηής present as a basis es-stem . Or = Lith. áušti “ get cold “, áušyti “ cool “? Toch. B au-lüre, A olar “ comrade “; as dubious В omaute “ longing “, w-är(īn)- “ crave, long for”, A w-aste “ protection “ with angebl. zero grade the root rather here wa- “ give “, A 1.sg. wsü (Pedersen Tochar. 186).

    References: WP. I 19, WH. I 81, 850, Van Windekens Lexique 9, 79, 153, 157.