- ghō̆ s-
- ghō̆ s-English meaning: to eatDeutsche Übersetzung: “essen, fressen, verzehren”Material: O.Ind. ghas- “eat, consume” in 2. 3. sg. Aor. ághas, 3. pl. ákṣan, perf. jaghǘ sa, jakṣuḥ, (common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- phonetic mutation) from which after Wackernagel KZ. 41, 309 present jakṣiti, particle perf. *gdha- in agdhǘ d “ uneaten food “, later jagdhá-, ságdhi- f. “ shared meal”, later jagdhi- s. Wackernagel aaO., ghasmara- “ voracious “, ghasana- n. “ the consuming “, ghü̆ sí - m. “nourishment, food”; Av. gah- “eat, devour (from daēvischen creature)”; about Lat. hostia “ sacrificial animal, sacrifice, oblation”, hostīre “ repay” s. WH. I 661 f.; about angebl. Ltv. gōste “ feast “ s. WH. I 637. Maybe Alb. gosti “feast”, ngos ‘sate, feed”References: WP. I 640.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.