lerg-

    lerg-

    English meaning: smooth, slippery

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “glatt, eben, schlũpfrig”

    Material: Arm. oɫork “eben, smooth, poliert, schlũpfrig” (o- probably die preposition *po-), lerk “ smooth, unbehaart”; M.Ir. lergg f. “Abhaug, way, Ebene”, less-lergg “ willow “, Welsh llyry “Pfad, spoor”, Corn. lergh, Bret. lerc”h ‘spoor”; ablaut. O.Ir. lorc, M.Ir. lorgg m. ‘spoor, troop, multitude, crowd, progeny “, Welsh llwry > llwrw ‘spoor”; in addition Ger. Lurch, N.Ger. lork?

    References: WP. II 439. S. still *lorgo- ‘stick”.