| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | bhegw- |
| DEFINITION: | To run. 1. beck2, from Old Norse bekkr, a stream, from Germanic *bakjaz, a stream. 2. –phobe, –phobia, from Greek phobos, panic, flight, fear, from phebesthai, to flee in terror. (Pokorny bheg - 116.) |
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