egʷh-

To drink. Suffixed lengthened-grade form *ēgʷh-r-yo-.

a. inebriate, ryegrass, from Latin ēbrius, drunk;

b. Latin compound sōbrius (see s(w)e-).

 

[Not in Pokorny; compare Hittite ekuzi, he drinks, and Greek nēphein, to be sober (< “not drink,” *ne-ēgʷh-).]

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