ēpi-

    ēpi-

    English meaning: comrade

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Gefährte, Kamerad, traut”

    Note: The original root was Root ap-1 (exact ǝp-) : ēp- : “to take, grab, reach, *give” > Root ēpi- : “comrade” > Root ai-3 : “to give”. Maybe Alb.Tosk (*e-ip-mi) ep, jap, Gheg nep (*na ep) “give us (*take)” : Hitt. e-ip-mi (ē̆pmi) “take”, 3. pl. ap-pa-an-zi (apanzi) : Gk. ἅπτω “ give a hand. [see above]

    Material: O.Ind. üpí - “friend, ally “, üpyam “friendship, companionship”; Gk. ἤπιος “friendly, mild; helping”. Perhaps to *epi “ near, to there, ἐπί “, so that *ēpi-s (and *ēpi-os) would have meant “the helpful companions close to a rest station “, from which also “ trust, rely on, have confidence in “. To ἤπιος from Gk. still ἠπάομαι originally (?) “heal” (compare ἤπια φάρμακα πάσσειν) and out of it “ join two sides of a wound or incision using stitches or the like, patch, piece up”?

    References: WP. I 121 f.