eig-, oig-

    eig-, oig-

    English meaning: to complain, entreat

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “laut jammern, kläglich bitten”

    Material: Gk. οἶκτος “ pity, compassion, the lamenting “, οἰκτρός “ pitiable, in piteous plight, lamentable, wretched “, οἰκτί̄ρω (Eol. οἰκτίρρω) “have mercy on, bemoan “; in addition verb *eigi̯ō in M.Ir. éigid “ screams “, éigem f. “cry”, to-formation in lachtaid “ groans, shouts “; Goth. aihtrōn “ ask, cadge “ (denominative of Gk. οἰκτρός corresponding noun agent or rather of neuter *oiktrom).

    References: WP. I 105 f.