aleq-

aleq-
    aleq-
    English meaning: “to hit back, shoot”
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “abwehren, schũtzen”, presumably actually “abschließen and dadurch schũtzen”
    Material: O.Ind. rákṣ̌ati “ defended, protected, preserved “, Arm. aracel “ graze, protect, watch, guard “ (Pisani KZ. 68, 157), Gk. ἀλέξω “ prevent, protect, fight off “ (so- present; rakṣ̌ ati because of this correspondence not more probably to equally meaning root areq-), ᾽Αλέκτωρ, ᾽Αλεκτρυών the epic proper names, after becoming known as the cock were used for the name of this contentious bird (Fick Cstem 9, 169, Kretschmer KZ. 33, 559 ff., Boisacq 1091 f.); ἀλαλκεῖν “ defend, refuse, fend “, ἀλκάθω “ defends, helps “, ἄλκαρ “ Protection, defense, help “, ἔπαλξις “ Protection, parapet, (esp.) battlement of the walls; help “ (*αλκ-τι-ς), ἀλκή “ defense, help “ and “ thickness, strength “ (latter meaning, although in itself from “ vigorous defense “ understandable, maybe by flowing together with another, M.Pers. ark “ work, effort, trouble “ to suitable words, see Bartholomae Heidelbg. SB. 1916, IX 10); ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς Hom.; ἄλκιμος “ strong, hard, potent; from weapons: “ resistable, suited to the fight “; O.E. ealgian “ protect, defend “ (*algōjan); Goth. alhs (f., conservative stem) “ temple “, O.E. ealh, O.S. alah m. ds., Run.-Run. aluh “ amulet” (?), O.Lith. elkas, al̃kas m. “ holy grove, place on a hill where one has made of early victims “, Ltv. èlks m. “Idol, god” (Gmc. and Balt words originally “ holier, seclusive or the usufruct deprived grove “); maybe Alb. alka “protective layer of milk, cream, isolating layer of milk”. Toch. В alüsk “remove”.
    References: WP. I 89 f.
    See also: S. similar root areq-” close, protect “.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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