enos- or onos-

enos- or onos-
    enos- or onos-
    English meaning: burden
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Last”
    Grammatical information: n.
    Material: O.Ind. ánaḥ n. “load wagon” = Lat. onus, -eris “ a load, burden “ (onustus “ loaded, laden, burdened, freighted “, onerüre “ load, burden, fill, freight “). In addition perhaps Gk. ἀνία, Eol. ὀνία “ grief, sorrow, distress, trouble”, ἄνιος, ἄνιᾱρός “ grievous, troublesome, annoying” (the dialect distribution from ἀνία : ὀνία as with the preposition ἀνά : ὀν); after Wackernagel Gl. 14, 54 f. but dissimilated from *αμῑFᾱ = O.Ind. ámīvü f. “ grief, sorrow, distress, trouble, plague “ (see under omǝ-).
    References: WP. I 132 f.;
    See also: s. also under enek-̂ .

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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  • onus — [ō′nəs] n. [L, a load, burden < IE base * enos or * onos > Sans ánaḥ, freight cart] 1. a difficult or unpleasant task, duty, etc.; burden 2. responsibility for a wrong; blame 3. [clip of L onus probandi, burden of proving] BURDEN OF PROOF …   English World dictionary

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