aigʷh-

    aigʷh-

    English meaning: to be ashamed

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich schämen”

    Material: Directly from the root word: O.E. ǣwan “despise”, “be disgusted” also M.L.G.eichelen, ēchelen, ēgelen (from *aiwilōn ) (from it borrows M.H.G. ekeln “be disgusted”). Gk. αἶσχος n. “disgrace” (from *aigʷh-s-kos, k- derivative of a s-St. *aigʷhes-, as:) Goth. aiwiski n. “disgrace, embarrassment “; cf further αἰσχύνη ‘shame, sense of honor, disgrace”, αἰσχύνω “dishonors, violates, disfigures”, med. “avoids me, is ashamed of me”, αἰσχρός “ignominious, full of disgrace; rebarbative”; Goth. unaiwisks “unharmed”, aiwiskōn act ‘shameful”, O.E. ǣwisc(e) n. “disgrace, offense”, adj. ‘shameless”, M.L.G. eisch “nasty, hideous”, nnd. eisk, aisch “revolting, rebarbative”.

    References: WP. I 7, Feist 30.