u̯es-3 (*su̯es-)

    u̯es-3 (*su̯es-)

    English meaning: wet

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “feuchten, naß”

    Material: Gk. ἐαρόν λουτῆρα, ἤ πρόχουν Hes., alt-theräisch hεαρα (meaning unacquainted); Umbr. vestikatu “libato” (formation as Lat. lectīca); O.H.G. wasal “rain”, O.H.G. waso “lawn, clod of earth, pit, pothole”, Ger. Wasen “lawn”, O.S. waso, M.L.G. wase “damp Erdgrund, slime, mud; clod of earth, lawn”; M.L.G. wasem m. “Wasserdampf, haze, mist”; O.E. wōs n. “ dampness, juice, sap”; Eng. ooze “ dampness, slime, mud”, as verb “durchsickern, spring up, bubble”, M.L.G. wōs ‘scum, froth, foam, Absud, juice, sap”, older Dan. Nor. ōs “Pflanzensaft”; presumably Av. vaŋhu-tüt- f. “blood”, vaŋhuϑwa- n. “Blutvergießen, blutiger fight”, vohuna- m. “blood” and O.Ind. vásü, vasǘ “bacon, fat, lard “ (also vasǘ inscribed, as váśa-m “flũssiges fat”); here with the meaning “male animal” (compare Lat. verrēs etc.: u̯er-, u̯er-s- “feuchten”): O.Ind. úṣṭra- m. “Bũffel, Kamel”, uṣṭár- “Pflugstier”, Av. uštrō m. “Kamel” (also in ZaraÞuštrō); O.Ind. uṣṭǘ “Pflugstier”.

    References: WP. I 308, Trautmann 343, Mayrhofer 1, 113 f., Frisk 433.