- ĝegh-, ĝogh-
- ĝegh-, ĝogh-English meaning: branch; bushDeutsche Übersetzung: “Ast, Pfahl, Busch”Note: (compare also ĝebh-)Material: Nor. dial. kage m. “ niedriger Busch “ (Gmc. *kagan-), Swe. dial. “ stump (out of it Eng. cag ‘stump”), Ger. dial. kag m. “ cabbage stalk, stump, Dutch kag, kegge f. “wedge” (Gmc. *kaʒiō), O.H.G. kegil “picket, pole, peg, plug, nail” (Gmc. *kaʒila-); in addition with expressive consonant stretch (g : gg : kk): O.Ice. kaggi “ keg, Tönnchen “, M.L.G. kük “tree trunk, pillory”, O.H.G. slito-chōho f. “ tub “, Ger. (High German) kueche “ Sledge skid “; dissim. Kufe ds.; Lith. žã garas “ thin twig, branch”, pl. “deadwood, shrubbery, bush”, žã gre “plough”, žiõ gris “fence”, Ltv. žagari “deadwood”, žagas pl. f. “ loose foliage “; unclear is the origin of O.E. cǣ g(e) f. “ key, solution “, O.Fris. kei, kai (*kaiga-), M.L.G. keie ds.; dubious the from Arm. cag “elevation, acme, apex, end” (Petersson Heter. 89 f.).References: WP. I 569 f., Kluge11 334, Martinet Gé mination 116.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.