- merĝ-1
- merĝ-1English meaning: to strip off, to wipeDeutsche Übersetzung: “abstreifen, abwischen”Note: (partly also East IE merg-)Material: O.Ind. mr̥-ṇa-j-üni (1. sg. Konj.), mr̥ṇ̃jata (3. pl.) “whisk, abstreifen” (compare ὀμόργνυμι); s. also under melĝ -; Arm. meržem ‘scaccio, espello”; Gk. ἀμέργω ‘streife ab (leaves, Frũchte)”, ἀμοργός “ausdrũckend”, ἀμόργη “mulsche mass der ausgepreßten Oliven” (out of it Lat. amurca); ὀμόργνῡμι “wische ab; push, press from” (-ορ- probably from -er- under Einwirkung of consecutive υ); Lat. mergae, -ürum “Mähgabel”, merges, -itis f. “ fascicle, sheaf “ (“Zusammengestreiftes”).References: WP. II 283, WH. II 76.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.