onogh- (: ongh-, nogh-; Celt. n̥gh-), ongh-li- (*henegh-)

    onogh- (: ongh-, nogh-; Celt. n̥gh-), ongh-li- (*henegh-)

    English meaning: fingernail, claw

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Nagel an Fingern and Zehen, Kralle”

    Note: partly with formants -u- (extended -ut-) and -lo-

    Material: O.Ind. áṅghri- f. “foot” (presumably with r from l, *oŋgh-li-); with ar. kh O.Ind. nakhá m., n., nakhára- m. n., “nail, claw, talon “, Pers. nüxun ds. (ar. kh- an innovation); perhaps Arm. eɫungn ds. (*e-nungn): Gk. ὄνυξ, -υχος “nail, claw, talon “ (from *ὀνχυ-?); Lat. ungu-is “the nail an Fingern and Zehen”, ungula “ claw, nail, hoof”, later also “nail” (*ongh-(e)lü); Maybe zero grade in Alb. (*honus) thoi, thua, pl. thonj “ nail “ : Gk. ὄνυξ, -υχος “ nail, claw, talon “, also Alb. (*hunghula) thundla, thundra “ hoof “ : Lat. ungula “ claw, nail, hoof” common Alb. h- > k- > th- phonetic mutation, preservation of the old laryngeal; also common Alb. -n- > -nd- > -d- phonetic mutatIon.

    Note: Alb. thoi, thua, pl. thonj “ nail “ : Alb. thëngjill “(*coal) ash”; Root onogh- (: ongh-, nogh- ; Celt. n̥gh-), ongh-li- (*henegh-): “fingernail, claw” : Root ong- (better ang-) (*heng-): “coal”; Alb. has preserved the old laryngeal. O.Ir. ingen f. dat. pl. ingnib, nom. pl. ingnea, O.Welsh eguin, Welsh ewin f., Corn. euuin, Bret. ivin (m. geworden) “nail” (*n̥ghu̯-īnü); O.H.G. nagal, O.E. nægel “nail”, O.Ice. nagl ds. (conservative stem geworden, pl. negl); negl perhaps originally sg. i-stem, compare O.Ind. áṅghri-, and to pl. umgedeutet, whereof sich die additional conservative Decl. angliederte), Goth. ga-nagljan “annageln”; Lith. nãgas m. “nail an Fingern and Zehen; claw, nail bei bird of prey”, Ltv. nags ds.; Lith. nagà “hoof”, O.Pruss. nage “foot”, O.Bulg. noga, Russ. nogá “foot” (collective ü-formation); Lith. nagùtis, O.Pruss. nagutis “Fingernagel”, O.Bulg. nogъtь, Russ. nógotь “nail, claw, talon “; after Specht to Gk. ὄγκος (above S. 46), also root on-. Maybe Alb. (*ungula) ngul “jab (a nail)”, (*nægel) ngel “be stuck, remain”.

    References: WP. I 180 f., Trautmann 192, Specht IE Decl. 2531.