bhenĝh-, bhn̥ĝh- (adj. bhn̥ĝhu-s)

    bhenĝh-, bhn̥ĝh- (adj. bhn̥ĝhú-s)

    English meaning: thick, fat

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “dick, dicht, feist”

    Material: O.Ind. bahú- “dense, rich, much, a lot of” “compounds Sup. baṁhīyas-, baṁhišṭha- (= Gk. παχύς); bahulá- “thick, dense, vast, spacious, big, large, rich, much, a lot of” (= Gk. παχυλῶς adv. by Aristot., if these not newer formation); báṁhatē (uncovered) “ increase, multiply “, bháṁhayatē “ clamps, fastens, strengthens”; Av. bązah- n. “height, depth”, bąšnu- m. ds., Bal. büz “much, a lot of”, baz “dense”; Gk. παχύς “thick, dense, fat, obese” (compounds πᾰσσων), πάχος n. “thickness, fatness” (occurs after παχύς for *πέγχος = Av. bązah-), πάχετος “thick; thickness, fatness”; O.Ice. bingr “heap”, O.S. binge ds., O.H.G. bungo “tuber, bulb”, Ger. Bachbunge; in addition with intens. consonant-sharpening O.Ice. bunki “ stowed away shipload”, Nor. bunka (and bunga) ‘small heap, swelling, blister”, Dutch bonk “clump, lump” under likewise;

    Note: Alb. bungë “ kind of edible oak fruit “ : with -u- grade Alb. (*beuka) buka “bread” : Phryg. βεκός “bread”, actually “ crumb “ prove that from an extended Root b(e)u-1, bh(e)u- : “expr. sound of hitting” derived Root bheg-, bheng- : “to break”, Root bhenĝh-, bhn̥ĝh- (adj. bhn̥ĝhú-s) : “thick, fat”, Root bheug-1 : “to flee, *be frightened”, Root bheug-2, bheugh- : “to clear away, free”, Root bheug-3, bheugh- : “to bow”, Root bheug-4 : “to enjoy, *consume, bite” as taboo words. Ltv. bìezs “dense, thick”, bìezums “thickness, fatness”; Lat. pinguis “ fat; oily; rich, fertile; n. as subst. fatness, fat. Transf. thick, dense; heavy, stupid; easy, quiet “ has perhaps originated through hybridization of *fingu-is = παχύς, bahú- with that to opīmus, πίων respective words; Toch. В pkante, pkatte “greatness, bulk, extent” (Van Windekens Lexique 96); Hitt. pa-an-ku- (panku-) “ all, in general “.

    References: WP. II 151, Couvreur H̯ 177.