Comparative evidence

h₁edʰ, h₂edʰ, h₃edʰ

• OInd. ah- 'say' (Whitney 1885: 6); 'speak'; (with lexicographers) 'express', 'signify'; 'call' (by name); 'hold', 'consider', 'regard' (as); 'state', 'declare'; 'acknowledge', 'accept', 'state'; 'adjudge' (MW: 124)

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.