(s)ker-dh-, (s)kor-dh-

    (s)ker-dh-, (s)kor-dh-

    English meaning: small, miserable

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “kũmmerlich, klein; verkũmmern”

    Material: O.Ind. kr̥dhú- “ abbreviated, mutilated, small, mangelhaft” (comparative kradhīyam s-, Superlativ kradhiṣṭha-), á-skr̥dhōyu- “not abbreviated, not kärglich”; Gk. σκυρθάλιος νεανίσκος Hes., σκύρθαξ μεῖραξ, ἔφηβος Hes., lakon. (with σ = θ) κυρσάνιος “young person”, compare κυρσίον μειράκιον Hes.; Lith. skurstù, skurdaũ, skur̃sti “verkũmmern, in Wachstum zurũckbleiben”, nus-kur̃dęs “in Wachstum verkũmmert”.

    References: WP. II 590;

    See also: to (s)ker- “cut, clip” as “ truncated, chopped down, cut down, cut off”.