akʷ-ā-

Water.

1. ait; island, from Old English īg, īeg, island, from Germanic *aujō, “thing on the water,” from *agwjō.

2. aqua, aquarelle, aquarium, aquatic, aqui-, ewer, gouache; aquamarine, aquatint, aquavit, aqueduct, sewer¹, from Latin aqua, water.

 

[Pokorny akᵘ̯ā- 23.]

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