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aikhme topic posted Mon, December 6, 2004 - 8:13 AM by jheem

Greek aikhme 'spear' fr. *aik-sma- fr. PIE *aik'- 'spear, spit, skewer'; cf. Latin ictus 'blow, stroke', Old Church Slavonic igla 'nail', Old Norwegian eigin 'a sprouted seed'.

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