saus-, sus-

    saus-, sus-

    English meaning: dry

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “trocken, dũrr”

    Note: The real root was *sa-, su- “dry” which was suffixed either with common -ska or -tra, -dra, - dor, -ter in PIE. It seems that the Root saus-, sus- : (dry) derived from Root sǘ u̯ el-, süu̯ ol-, suu̯él-, su̯el-, sūl- : (sun).

    Material: O.Ind. śúṣyati “ dries, wilts “, thereafter śoṣa- m. (assimil. from *soṣa-) “the drying up”, also adj. “ made dry “; Av. haos- “ dry up, become dry “, aŋhao-šǝmna- “not drying “; O.Ind. śúṣka- (from *suṣka-), Av. huška- “dry”; Gk. αὖος (Hom.), αὗος (Att.) “arid, dry”, αὐσταλέος “ scrubby, dirty, filthy”, αὐστηρός “ harsh, austere “; Denomin. αὐαίνω, αὑαίνω “make dry, desiccate “, αὕω “trockne, desiccate “; doubtful Gk. αὐχμός m. “ aridity, Trockenheit, smut”, whether from *sau-k-smo- from a root variant *sau-k- besides *sau-s-, to O.Ind. sū́ kṣ ma- “fine, thin, narrow, tight, slim, slender, thin “? common O.Ind. -ĝh- > -kṣ- phonetic mutation Alb. thanj (*sausni̯ō) “ dry “;

    Note: Common Alb. s > th phonetic mutation Lat. sūdus “dry, cheerful” (*suz-do-), sūdum “ cloudless, bright, clear, serene “; different M. Mayrhofer KZ. 73, 117;

    Note: This is erroneous etymology. The real root [an onomatopoeic word] must have been sau-, su- “dry” which was suffixed either with common -ska or -tra, -dra, -dor, -ter in PIE. Latin preserved the rudeiment of the -dor suffix, otherwise Lat. cognate evolved according to Illyr.-Alb. phonetic mutation (*sausni̯ō > saunus) sūdus “dry” [common Alb. n > nd phonetic shift] O.E. sēar, M.L.G. sōr “dry”, Nor. søyr ds., O.H.G. sōrēn “ wilt “; Lith. saũsas “dry”, saũsti “dry become”, saũsinti “ make dry “, sùsti “ become scabby “, sùskis “ leprosy, scabies “ (: O.Ind. śúṣka-); Ltv. sust “ become dry “; O.C.S. suchъ “dry”, sušiti “ make dry “, sъchnǫti “ become dry “.

    References: WP. II 447, WH. II 624, Trautmann 250 f., Frisk 188 f., 192 f.