bheug-4

    bheug-4

    English meaning: to enjoy, *consume, bite

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “genießen”

    Material: O.Ind. bhuṅktḗ (with instr., newer acc.) “enjoys”, compare bhunákti, bhuñjati “grants pleasure, enjoys, consumes”, bubhukṣü “hunger”, bhṓ ga-ḥ “enjoyment”; about O.Ind. bhujiṣyà- see above under bheug-2; common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- phonetic mutation Alb. bungë f., bunk, bungu m. “ kind of edible oak fruit “ (as “ nourishing or nutritious tree “, post-verbal = “food granter “);

    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. Lat. fungor “ to occupy oneself with anything, to perform, execute, undergo, usually with abl.; absol. in special sense, to be affected, suffer “, with acc., later abl., dēfungor “ to perform, discharge, have done with, bring to an end, survive “, perfungor “ to perform fully, execute, discharge; to go through, endure “.

    References: WH. I 565 f., Wackernagel Synt. I 68, Jokl L.-k. Unters. 179.