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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	nogh-
DEFINITION:	Also ongh-. Nail, claw. Oldest forms ₃nogh-, ₃ongh-. 1. Suffixed (diminutive) form nogh-elo-. nail, from Old English nægl,* nail, from Germanic nagla-. 2. Form nogh-. onyx; paronychia, perionychium, sardonyx, from Greek onux (stem onukh-), nail. 3. Variant form ongh-. unguiculate, unguis, ungulate, from Latin unguis,* nail, claw, hoof, with diminutive ungula, hoof, claw, talon (< ongh-el-). (Pokorny onogh-* 780.)


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