agro- (egro-?) (*hekuro-)

    agro- (egro-?) (*hekuro-)

    English meaning: top, first, beginning

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spitze, oberstes, erstes, Anfang”

    Material: O.Ind. ágra- n. “point”, agrē (loc.) “at the top”, also timewise “in the beginning, first”, agrimá- “first”, Av. aɣra- “first, uppermost after time space etc.”, n. “beginning; the uppermost, point”; Ltv. agrs (adj.) “early”, agri adv. “early, early on”, agrums “the early morning”. maybe Alb. agu “dawn, morning, beginning of the day”. Whether here Lat. MN Agrippa from *agri-p(e)d- “ breech birth (one who causes great pain at his birth “, W. Schulze KZ. 32, 1721, in 1721, doubting Lat. Eig. 2305? If O.Ind. ágra on *ogro- or *egro- retrograde, one could compare Hitt. ḫé-kur, ḫé-gur “cliff summit, rock, crag “. Maybe Agrianes Illyr. TN, Agron “Illyrian king”.

    References: WP. I 38 f., Pedersen Hitt. 183.