yē̆kʷr̥

Liver.

1. hepatic, hepato-; heparin, hepatitis, from Greek hēpar, liver (stem hēpat- < *yēkʷn̥-t- < Indo-European oblique stem *yē̆kʷn-).

2. gizzard, from Persian jigar, liver.

 

[Pokorny i̯ekᵘ̯-r̥(t-) 504.]

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