abh- (*hebh-)

    abh- (*hebh-)

    English meaning: quick, abrupt

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “rasch, heftig”

    Note: alter r/n- stem

    Material: Gk. ἄφαρ “straightway, forthwith, at once, quickly, presently“ (old abstract noun “quickness”), for what, nevertheless, probably at first ἄφνω, ἄφνως ‘suddenly”. Here at most O.C.S. abьje “ straight away, directly “, but uncertainly O.Ind. ahnüya “directly, straight away, instantly, speedily“ (rather to áhar, áhan- “day “ p. 7).

    References: WP. I 177, Feist 1 b f., 579 a., W. Schulze KZ. 52, 311 = Kl. Schr. 398.

    See also: abhro-