sku̯erb(h)-

    sku̯erb(h)-

    English meaning: to stick, pierce (thorns)

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stechen, etwa as Dornen”?

    Note: Only Celtic and Baltic

    Material: Corn. Bret. spern ‘spinae” (-rn- from -rbn-); Lith. skverbiù, skver̃bti “with a spitzen tool bohrend prick”, Iter. skvarbaũ, skvarbūti ds., skvìrbinu, -inti “prick, bore, prickeln”.

    References: WP. II 602.