meaning of treasure house, and can, therefore, support the etymology of Hort, "hoard, treasure," as suggested by Kluge, [Greek: keu/thô], belonging to [Greek: ke\u~thos], means the innermost womb of the earth (Hades); [Greek: ky/sthos], that Kluge adds, is of similar meaning, cavity or womb. Prellwitz does not mention this connection. Fick,[96] however, compares New High German hort, Gothic huzd, to Armenian kust, "abdomen"; Church Slavonian [cv]ista, Vedic kostha = abdomen, from the Indo-Germanic root koustho -s = viscera, lower abdomen, room, store-room. Prellwitz compares [Greek: ky/sthos ky/stis] = urinary bladder, bag, purse; Sanskrit kustha-s = cavity of the loins; then [Greek: ky/tos] = cavity, vault; [Greek: ky/tis] = little chest, from [Greek: kye/ô] = I am pregnant. Here, from [Greek: ky/tos] = cave, [Greek: kuyar = hole, [Greek: ky/athos] = cup, [Greek: ky/la] - depression under the eye, [Greek: ky~ma] = swelling, wave, billow, [Greek: ky~ros] = power, force, [Greek: ky/rios] = lord, Old Iranian caur, cur = hero; Sanskrit çura -s = strong, hero. The fundamental Indo-Germanic roots[97] are kevo = to swell, to be strong. From that the above-mentioned [Greek: kue/ô, ku/ar, ky~ros] and Latin cavus = hollow, vaulted, cavity, hole; cavea = cavity, enclosure, cage, scene and assembly; caulæ = cavity, opening, enclosure, stall[98]; kuéyô = swell; participle, kueyonts = swelling; en-kueyonts = pregnant, [Greek: e)gêue/ôn] = Latin inciens = pregnant; compare Sanskrit vi-çvá-yan = swelling; kûro -s (kevaro -s), strong, powerful hero.
The treasure which the hero fetches from the dark cavern is swelling life; it is himself, the hero, newborn from the anxiety of pregnancy and the birth throes.
