Comparative evidence

h₂eḱh₃

• OInd. aś- 'eat' (Whitney 1885: 5); 'consume', 'enjoy' (MW: 112)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.