- edh- (*heĝʷ-)
- edh- (*heĝʷ-)English meaning: sharpNote: From an older root heĝʷ-el derived: Root ak-̂ , ok-̂ : ‘sharp; stone” and Root üĭ k-̂ : īk̆ -̂ : ‘spear, pike”, finally Root edh- (*heĝʷ-): ‘sharp” [common Illyr.-Balt ĝh- > d- phonetic mutatIon.Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spitz”Material: Lat. ebulus, -ī f. and -um n. “ dwarf-elder (danewort, a fetid European species of elder, also dane’s weed, dane’s blood [said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes]”;Note: common Lat. ĝʷ- > b- phonetic mutation, hence Lat. ebulus < *heĝʷ-el where -el, -ul are diminutive formants. ablaut. (with k-suffix) Gaul. and gallorom. odocos “dwarf elder”; O.H.G. attuh, attah, O.S. aduk “dwarf elder” (borrowed from Celt.); Bal.-Slav. *edlü- and *edli- f. “fir” in O.Pruss. addle (*edle), Lith. ẽglė (out of it dial. ãglė), Ltv. egle ds. (secondary ē-stem; -gfrom -d-);Note: common Illyr.-Balt ĝh- > d- phonetic mutation hence -g- from -d-is wrong etymology. moreover probably Iterat. Lith. adūti “ prick “, Ltv. adît “ knit “, compare Lith. ãdata “ sewing-needle “; Church Slavic etc jela (*edlü), Russ. jelь, O.Cz. jedl etc (*edli-).References: WH. I 14, 388 f., Trautmann 66.See also: from zum Folgenden (edh-2)?
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.