egnis : ognis

    egnis : ognis

    English meaning: fire

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Feuer”

    Note: Root egnis : ognis : “fire” derived from Root ong- (better ang-) (*heng-): coal < Root okʷ- : “to see; eye”

    Grammatical information: m.

    Material: O.Ind. agní-ḥ m. “fire” (= Hitt. Agnis, Hroznū ZA . 38, 185, after Laroche, Recherches sur les noms of dieux hittites 119, taken over from Hurrians); Lat. ignis, -is m. “fire, flame, light, blaze, glow” (*egnis); Lith. ugnìs f. (O.Lith. also m., Specht KZ. 59, 2782), Ltv. uguns m. f. ds.; u derives from O.S. ughn “oven”; O.C.S. ognь m. “fire” (*ognis; i-stem, secondary i̯o-stem), Cz. oheň (ohně), Russ. ogónь (ognjá); about Cz. vūheň f. “flue, chimney, smithy”, Ser.-Cr. vȉganj m. “blacksmith”, with quite unclear anlaut, s. Meillet Slave comm.2 85, lastly J . Holub Stručný slovnik etym . jazyka českoSlov. 341. Maybe Alb. vigan “giant” : Ser.-Cr. vȉganj m. “ blacksmith” [a translation of Cyclops who were giant blacksmiths; they got their name for covering one eye as a spare if one got damaged from sparks of melted metal, that is why Root egnis : ognis : “fire” derived from an extension of Root okʷ- : “to see; eye”]; common Alb. prothetic v- before bare initial vowels.

    References: WP. I 323, WH. I 676, Trautmann 334 f.