Re: Greek "angos"

> Piotr
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: danjmi
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:55 PM
> Subject: [tied] Greek "angos"
>
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> I'm about to have angioplasty for my angina -- two words almost
> next to each other in the English dictionary, but which I was
> surprised to find are quite unrelated. I'm comfortable with the
> word "angina" (the actuality isn't too comfortable), ultimately

from

> I.-E. "angh" painful constriction, related to English "anger",
> "anxiety", and German "Angst". "Angio-" blood vessel, is from the
> Greek "angeion" used post-classically for quite a variety of
> hollow body parts, a diminutive of "angos" vessel, used by
> Homer for kitchenware. But the references I have handy go no
> further. Is there an I.-E. etymology? Or was the word from a
> pre-Hellenic culture? Any information appreciated.
> Dan Milton


--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> The "constrictor" root *h2ang^H- is treated at:
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE18.html
>
> There are also cognates in Slavic (*o~zU-(k-) 'narrow') and Indo-
Aryan (aMhu- 'narrow', both from *h2ang^H-u-), and I'm sure in other
branches as well.
>
> I don't know of a convincing etymology of <angos> or of any extra-
Greek cognates.
>

Re: Any information

Here's is plenty information of the type that won't convince Piotr:

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hng.html

Torsten

BTW and irrelevant: I was puzzled by the fact that everything
unpleasant in Dutch has to do with constriction:
<eng>
<naar>
<benauwd>
or perhaps with lack of space?