angWis eg^His ogWhis - snake, similar IE roots

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 45773
Date: 2006-08-18

Proto-IE: *ogʷh-i- Meaning: snake, lizard Russ. meaning: жаба (змея/ящерица) Old Indian: áhi- m. `snake' Avestan: aži- 'snake' Other Iranian: Munj. īž 'snake' Armenian: ōʒ, auʒ, gen. -i (< *ogʷhj-o-s) `Schlange' Old Greek: óphi-s, -ios/-eōs m. `Schlange' Germanic: *ag(w)i-ʮaxs-iō(n-) f. (*ʮaxsu-z `badger') Tokharian: B auk 'snake, serpent' (Adams 129-130)

Proto-IE: *angʷ-i- Nostratic etymology:  Meaning: snake Russ. meaning: жаба (змея) Old Greek: ábi-s <pl. ábẹ̄s> `viper' (Hes.) Slavic: *ǭžь Baltic: *ang-i- c., -iā̃ f. Germanic: *unk-a- m., *unk-an- m., *unk-ō(n-) f. Latin: anguis, gen. -is m. `Schlange' Celtic: MIr esc-ung `Aal' (esc `Wasser'); Cymr llys-w^-en, pl. -w^-od `Aal'
Proto-IE: *egh-i- Meaning: worm, snake Russ. meaning: жаба (червь, змея) Armenian: iž `snake' (<*ēghi-) Old Greek: ékhi-s m.(/f). `Viper; Otter', ékhidna f. `id.' Germanic: *ig-al-ō(n-) f. Celtic: *egi- > Cymr euod `lumbrici lati in hepate ovium', euon `Pferdewürmer'

There seems to be a relationship between these roots.


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