i̯ēgʷā

i̯ēgʷā
    i̯ēgʷā
    English meaning: force
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Kraft, Jugendkraft”
    Material: Gk. ἥβη “Jugendkraft, Mannbarkeit”, ἡβάω “bin nubile, marriageable”, ἡβάσκω “become m.”, ἔφ-ηβος “ youngling “ (compare ἐπ-άργυρος); Lith. nuo-, pa-jėgà “ power, Vermogen”, jėgiù, je ̃gti “vermögen, stark sein”, Ltv. jẽga “Verstand”, jẽgt “catch, understand, comprehend “; whether here das isolierte Russ. dial. jáglyj “violent; keen, eager; fast, rapid, hurried”? (see Berneker 443). Doubtful is die interpretation from Gk. ἁβρός “tender, fine, luscious” from *i̯ǝgʷ-rós “in Jugendkraft strotzend”, also, whether Lat. Iegius, Osc. Ieíis (with ē?) hierhergehören.
    References: WP. I 206 f., Trautmann 107.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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