akʷ-

    akʷ-

    English meaning: “to hurt”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schädigen”?

    Material: O.Ind. áka m “ grief, pain “, Av. akō “ nasty, bad “, axtis ̀ “ grief, pain, illness “; Gk. noun *ἄπαρ, *ἀπνός, thereof ἠπανεῖ ἀπορεῖ, ἠπανία ἀπορία, ἠπεροπεύς ‘swindler”; Verbalst. ἀπ- in ἀπάτη “deception” (*apn̥tü), redupl. Present ἰάπτω “damage”.

    Note: common Gk. -kʷ- > -p-, -gʷ- > -b- phonetic mutation

    References: Kuiper Gl. 21, 282 f.