k̂ēu̯ero-, k̂ōu̯ero- (also sk̂ūro-?)

    k̂ēu̯ero-, k̂ōu̯ero- (also sk̂ūro-?)

    English meaning: north, north wind

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Nord, Nordwind”

    Material: Lat. caurus (cōrus) “Nordwind” (*k̂ǝu̯ero-); Lith. šidure f. “Norden”, šiaurỹ s m. “Nordwind”; O.Bulg. sěverъ (*k̂ēu̯ero-) “Norden”; mabe zero grade in Alb. (*sveri) veri “north” [the common Alb. sv- > v- shift] moreover perhaps changing through ablaut and with anlaut. s-: Arm. c̣urt “cold; coldness, Schauer” (*sk̂ūr-do-); O.Ice. O.H.G. skūr “ thunderstorm “, Ger. Schauer, O.Fris. O.S. O.E. scūr, scéor “ shower “, Goth. skūra windis “whirlwind”, Nor. dial. skøyra (*skauriōn-) “ Windschauer “, skjøra (*skeurōn-) ds., Nor. skøyra, skūra “ drive off blindly on something “, O.Ice. skȳra “ run there fast “.

    References: WP. I 377, WH. I 190, O. Szemerényi KZ. 70, 65.