(perk-2): pr̥k-

(perk-2): pr̥k-
    (perk-2): pr̥k-
    English meaning: glowing ashes, coals
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “glũhende Asche, Kohle”
    Material: Lith. pir̃kšnys f. pl. “ash with glũhenden Funken”, Ltv. pìrkstis, pirkstes pl. ds.; O.Ir. riches f. “glowing coal”, Bret. regez “Kohlenglut” (*pr̥ki-stü, compare das Ltv. forms); unclear Welsh rhys-yn, pl. rhys-od “glowing ash”, with other forms O.Corn. regihten, Kollekt. regyth ds.; whether as ‘sprũhend” to *sp(h)er- ‘strew, distribute, sprũhen”? compare Ltv. spirgsti “glowing coals under the ash” under sp(h)er(e)g- “ twitch, sprũhen”.
    References: WP. II 47, Mũhlenbach-Endzelin III 223.

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