Comparative evidence

h₁egh₁, h₁egh₂, h₁egh₃, h₁eǵh₁, h₁eǵh₂, h₁eǵh₃, h₁eǵh

• Lat. *eges- n.; egestās, -atis, f.  ‘poverty’, ‘need’, ‘shortage’, ‘dearth’  (OLD: 594-595)

• Lat. egeō egēre ‘need’, ‘want’, ‘require’, ‘feel the absence of’, ‘lack’ (OLD: 594)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.