k̂u̯ei-1, k̂u̯ei-no-

    k̂u̯ei-1, k̂u̯ei-no-

    English meaning: dirt; to defile

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlamm, Kot, beschmutzen”

    Material: With formants -n(o)-: Lat. caenum ‘smut, ordure, Unflat”, obscēnus, obscaenus (back-formation from*obscēnare) “dirty, filthy, disgusting, unsittlich” (caenum urbanisiert for plebejisches *cēnum from *coinom, *quoinom), in-, con-quinüre ‘smudge, befoul “, cūnīre ‘stercus facere”, ancunulentae “feminae menstruo tempore”; Swe. dial. hven “ marshy field”, O.Ice. hvein (*k̂u̯oinü) in place names, wherefore as ‘sumpfgras” probably Dan. hvene “agrostis, Gattungsname for mehrere steife Grasarten”, Swe. hven, Nor. dial. hvein “agrostis, dũnner Grashalm” (M.Eng. whin “broom” from Dan. hvine); Ltv. svīnî t refl. ‘sich schmutzig make”, svīns ‘smudges”; with other formant presumably Arm. šiv “ residuum gepreßter Trauben” (k̂u̯ī̆-u̯o-); much, a lot of insecure O.E. hwæg, M.Du. wey “wheys” (*k̂u̯oio-?).

    References: WP. I 469, WH. I 131 f.