ok-

    ok-

    English meaning: to think over, *understand, see

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “ũberlegen”

    Note: Root ok- : “to think over, *understand, see” derived from a reduced Root okʷ- : “to see; eye”.

    Material: Gk. ὄκνος “ dubiousness, hesitating “, ὀκνέω “ hesitate “, ὀκνηρός “ dilatorily “; Goth. aha ‘sense, mind, understanding “, ahjan “believe, mean”, ahma m. “ghost”; ahaks “dove” (as spirit bird); O.H.G. ahta “ observance, paying attention “ (Ger. achtgeben), O.E. eaht f. “ calculation, consultation, estimate “, O.H.G. O.S. ahtōn, O.E. eahtian “consider, observe, appraise “, Ger. achten, beachten, O.Ice. ǣtla (*ahtilōn ) “mean, think, intend, mean, aim”.

    References: WP. I 169; after Specht KZ 62, 211 to okʷ-.