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First of all, let's remember the famous word "εγώ" [ego], meaning "I".

Then let's make sure that "εγώ" is identical to "ήγώ". This can be done in the ancient Greek-Russian dictionary of Dvoretsky. Now let's try to imagine what meaning the verb "άρήγω" [arego] could have.

- what action does the combination "ar + ego" mean? - what action does the combination "not + me" represent? - what is the opposite of the word "egoism"? That's right, it is "altruism". - what is altruism? It is help.

So, what does the word "arego" mean in the Greek dictionary? It means precisely "to help". Since the prefix "ar-" is Kartvelian, to nail this word down once and for all, we will find the root "eg" in Kartvelian, which would be related to the concept of "I/me". This is the obsolete Georgian masdar "ეგება" (egeba), which was used in the meaning of "becoming property". It may not be unequivocally first person, but it is very close to "becoming mine" in meaning.