k̂er(s)-1

    k̂er(s)-1

    English meaning: bristle, stiff hair

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Borste, steifes Haar; starren, rauh and kratzig sein”

    Material: O.Ind. *śala in kapucchala- n. “Haar am Hinterhaupt”; M.Ir. carrach “ scabbed, scabby, steinig”; different above S. 532; O.H.G. hursti “cristas”, Nor. herren “ stiff, hard”, O.Ice. herstr “rough, harsh”, M.H.G. hersten “erstarren”; perhaps O.H.G. O.S. O.Ice. hür, O.E. hǣ r “hair” from a s-losen the abbreviated root form (lengthened grade); Lith. šerỹ s “bristle”, šeriú os, šé rtis “haaren, hair lassen”, šiurkštù s, šiurgždù s “rough”; ablaut. E.Lith. šer̃ šas ‘schauer”; Ltv. sari “Borsten”; Slav. *sьrstь (= O.H.G. hurst) in R.C.S. sьrstь f. “wool”, Sloven. sr̂st “Tierhaar”, Russ. šerstь “wool”, ablaut. Russ. šó roš m. “rough Oberfläche”, O.Bulg. vъsorъ “rough”; Slav. *sьrchъ in Sloven. sr̂h m. ‘schauer”, R.C.S. srьchъkъ “τραχύς”, Sloven. sŕhɛk ‘struppig”.

    References: WP. I 427, Trautmann 305.