ā̆ik̂- : ī̆k̂-

    ā̆ik̂- : ī̆k̂-

    English meaning: spear, pike

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spieß; with einer spitzen Waffe treffen”

    Note: Both Root ak-̂ , ok-̂ : ‘sharp; stone” and Root üĭ k-̂ : īk̆ -̂ : ‘spear, pike” are reduced roots of an older root *heĝʷ-el created through metathesis from Root/ lemmna **helĝʷa. This older root was solidified by Church Slavic: (*heĝʷ-el) igla “needle” [f ü] Slavic languages inherited the common da- > zero phonetic mutation from the older Baltic- Germanic languages. The phonetic shift da- > zero is a common Baltic phonetic mutatIon. Compare Root del-5 : “long”: Balt with unexplained d-loss (see under): Lith. ìlgas, f. ilgà, Ltv. il̃gs, O.Pruss. ilga and ilgi adv. “long” : Hitt. nom. pl. da-lu-ga-e-eš (dalugaes) “long”, da-luga- aš-ti (dalugasti) n. “length”. Hence from Root dhelg- : “to stick; needle” derived the alledged Baltic Root/ lemmna **helĝʷa from which Church Slavic: (*heĝʷ-el) igla “needle” [f ü], then Both Root ak̂-, ok̂- : ‘sharp; stone” and Root üĭ k-̂ : īk̆ -̂ : ‘spear, pike”. Finally Alb.Gheg gjilpanë n. f. “needle” is a compound of *gjil- “needle” + peni “thread”; Alb. common zero grade *ilga > *gil- “needle” phonetic mutation corresponds to zero grade in Lower Sorbian: gɫa “needle” [f ü].

    Material: Gk. αἶκλοι αἱ γωνίαι τοῦ βέλους Hes., Gk. ἰκτέα ἀκόντιον Hes., Cypr. ἰκμαμένος or ἰχμαμένος (in the latter pitfall from *ἰκσμαμένος) “ wounds “, Gk.αἰχμή ‘spear, spit “ (*aiksmü), O.Pruss. aysmis “ spit, broach “, Lith. iẽšmas, jiẽšmas “ spit, broach “, (basic form *aik̂mos or Gk. exact congruent *aik̂-smos); from moreover O.Pruss. ayculo, Church Slavic igla etc “needle”, with g instead of ž (compare S.181)? Lat. īcō (analogical īciō), -ĕre “ hit, wound, strike, smite; esp., to strike a bargain “, ictus “ slash, blow, stroke; in music, beat “, probably also Av. išarǝ “ instant, (very short space of time) “ = Gk. ἴκταρ “ near “ (as “ adjoining, adjacent “) and ἴγδη, ἴγδις “ mortar “ (also ἴξ, ἴκες “ worms damaging the vine “, from which ἶπες ds. could be reshuffled after the related to meaning κνῖπες, σκνῖπες, θρῖπες; different Schwyzer Gk. I 299. Here possibly O.N. eigin n. “ a sprout that has just emerged from a seed “ (“point, cusp”), Swe. dial. äjel m.ds. (Fick4 III 2) and nd. īne “ awn, ear of corn” (Bezzenberger Federal Railway. 27, 166). Maybe zero grade in Alb. (*ahel) halë “needle, fishbone, awn, ear of corn “ [common Alb. - k- > -h- phonetic mutation].

    References: WP. I 7, WH. I 670, Trautmann 3, 4.