ὠθέω

Etymology
Possible Greek relations, even if ruled out by Beekes as highly unlikely, are the verbal present form, the participle and the nouns ,. The lemma could be an old lengthened grade of one of the underlying roots. Compare, only used with a negative particle, and.

Taking in account Avestan vādāiiōi (“he may push back”) and Sanskrit ávadhīt (“he killed”) as well as Hittite ḫuett-tta(ri) (“to draw, pull”), Beekes constructed a root, whence an iterative. Mark that also seems to be cognate to 🇨🇬, and thus to.

Others have proposed 🇨🇬 as cognate.

Verb

 * 1)  to push