abh-

English meaning                      quick, abrupt

German meaning                     `rasch, heftig'

Grammatical comments         

General comments                  alter r/n-St.

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Gr. ἄφαρ `sogleich' (altes Abstraktum `Schnelligkeit'), wozu doch wohl zunächst ἄφνω, ἄφνως `plötzlich'.

                Hierher allenfalls aksl. abьje `sogleich, alsbald', aber unsicher ai. ahnāya `alsbald, sogleich' (eher zu áhar, áhan- `Tag' S. 7).

References                              WP. I 177, Feist 1 b f., 579 a., W. Schulze KZ. 52, 311 = Kl. Schr. 398.

See also                                   abhro-

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