- αἰγανέη
- αἰγανέηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hunting spear, javelin' (Il.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: For the suffix cf. the names of trees and animal skins in -έη, -έα, μηλέη, πτελέη, κυνέη usw. (Chantr. Form. 91f.). If named after the material, one compares `oak' PGm. *aik-, PIE *aig-, supposed also in αἰγίλωψ (q.v.) and Lat. aesculus; Schrader KZ 30, 461f. Trümpy Krieger. Fachausdrücke 52, 57 explains that it was thrown by a strap; further Vretska Gymnasium 61, 1954, 419. On that basis, Laser Gymnasium 60 (1953) 115-121 connects it with PIE *h₂eig- `move (oneself)', Skt. éjati, for which αἶγες κύματα (s. αἴξ) is compared. Improbable; if ej- belongs to iṅg- (EWAia I\/264), the root had a labio-velar, which makes the connection impossible. To αἰχμή Bechtel Lex.Page in Frisk: 1,30
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