vahi-tra-

Grammatical information: m. (Pi. O. 6, 24 [ ὄκχος, s.u.], Hdt., A. usw.),

Meaning: `cart, carriage, vehicle' (Pi. O. 6, 24 [ ὄκχος, s.b.], Hdt., A.).

Other forms: often pl. - οι (h. Cer.), ὄχεα, - εσφι n. pl. (Hom., Pi.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1118] *u̯eǵʰ- `move, drive'

Etymology: Old verbal noun to Ϝέχω `carry somewhere' (s. 2. ἔχω), ὀχέομαι `drive', so for *Ϝόχος (on the loss of the Ϝ- in Hom. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 125) and identical wit Slav., e.g. OCS vozъ m. `wagon', IE *u̯óǵho-s. The in an σ-stem epected ε-vowel is preserved in ἔχεσφι ἅρμασιν H.; ὄχεα after ὄχος, ὀχέομαι (cf. on ὄρος). With *Ϝέχος (and [F] όχεα) agrees (except for the vowel length) Skt. vā́has- n. `vessel' (metaph. for the song of praise); beside vāhá- m. `draught-animal', also `vessel', Av. vāza- m. `draught-animal' (: ὄχο-ς). A n-derivation with the same meaning was formed in the West, Celt., e.g. OIr. fēn `kind of wagon' (IE *u̯egh-no-), Germ. e.g. OHG wagan ' Wagen' (IE *u̯oǵh-no-). Diff. again Lat. vehi-culum n. `vessel', Skt. vahi-tra- n. `ship' with tlo-suffix; thus ὄχε-τλα ὀχήματα H., which may have dissimilated - θλα (Schwyzer 533). The geminate in ὄκχος, ὀκχέω (Pi.) is unexplained; hypotheses in Schwyzer 717 n. 4 and Meillet BSL 26, 15 f. -- Further forms w. rich lit. WP. 1, 249f., Pok. 1118ff., W.-Hofmann s. vehō, Fraenkel s. vèžti; see also Porzig Gliederung 120, 158 a. 170 (cf. the critical remarks by Humbach Gnomon 30, 622). -- Cf. ὀχέω, ὄχλος, γαιάοχος.

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