ā̆i-4

    ā̆i-4

    English meaning: to burn

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen, leuchten”

    Material: from O.E. üfor “ sharp, violent “, O.H.G. eibar, eivar “ harsh, bitter, pungent, rough, shaggy, bristly; shivering with cold. Transf., wild, savage; unpolished, uncouth; frightful, horrible “ derived from *aibhro- not is to be connected certainly. Maybe but here Gk. ἰαίνω “warms up “ from *i(i̯)-ani̯ō; see under eis-1 “ move, shake violently “.

    See also: S. under ai-dh-, ü̆i̯er-, ai̯os-, aisk-, ai-tro-.