- (s)ner-2
- (s)ner-2English meaning: to turn, wind, etc..Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, winden (also von Fäden and Flechtwerk), zusammendrehen, zusammenschnũren; sich zusammenwinden, einschrumpfen”Note: perhaps extension to snē- ds.Material: O.Ind. nŕ̥tyati “tanzt”, nr̥tí- f. “Tanz, game”, nr̥tú- “tanzend”, narma- n., narmá- m. “ joke “, naríṣṭü f. ds., etc.; mIran. nür- “catch”(Persson Beitr. 816a 1); Gk. νάρναξ κιβωτός Hes. (and inschriftlich), from which dissim. λάρναξ “Kasten, hutch, vessel”; through Weitergreifen dieses dissim. Wandels also *νάρκος (from the k-extension, see under), still receive in ναρκίον ἀσκός Hes., to λάρκος “basket”; O.S. naru, O.E. nearu, Eng. narrow “eng” (*nar-wa- actually “zusammengeschnũrt”), O.Ice. inNǫrva-sund “Gibraltar” (besides Niǫrva-sund and Ger. Nehrung ‘schmale Landzunge” from *ner-wa-), O.H.G. narwa f., narwo m. ‘scar” (i.e. “zusammengezogene Wundränder”), also “ansa, fibulatura”, Ger. Narbe dial. also “ agrafe, hook, clasp, Krampen an Tũren” as Nor. norve “ agrafe, hook, clasp, cramp” (and Ltv. nãrs, nüre “ agrafe, hook, clasp “); Ger. bO.Ir. der-narren ‘starr become, particularly, specially, especially, particular: in particular, peculiarly, separately, extra, notably vor frost” (“*shrink up, -krampfen”), narr “mißratene verschrumpfte fruit”, narr (Swiss) krampfartige Spannung”, narrennagel “unförmig ausgewachsener Nagel”; zero grade (with s-) Ger. schnurren, ein-schnurren, - schnorren “zusammenschrumpfen”, Ice. snurða “knot an a Faden, bildlich of Nasenrũmpfen”; lengthened grade O.Ice. nüri “ groin “ (“Einschnũrung of Leibes”), M.H.G. nǣ rlich “concise, genau, young “ and with gradation O.Ice. Nōri “Zwergname”, nōr n. “narrow bay, Sund”, Dan. Swe. nōr “toddler, whole small kid, child”; probably O.H.G. snuor “cord, band, strap, rope, cable”, Dan.-Swe. snōr ds., Goth. snōrjō “geflochtener basket”, O.E. snēr (*snōri̯ ō) ‘saite a Harfe”, O.Ice. snø̄ ri n. “gedrehtes rope, band”; Lith. neriù, nérti “ submerge, einschlũpfen, einfädeln”, nyrù, preterit niraũ, nìrti ‘sich schlängeln, ranken”, íšnìrti ‘sich dislocate, luxate, crick “, nãras “ aquanaut “, narỹs “ loop, noose, snare; joint, limb, member”; Ltv. nãrs, nüre “ agrafe, hook, clasp “; Russ. nerët, neretó “kind of fish snaring net”; here belongs ner-3, above S. 766. extensions: sner-b- with Gmc. p: Nor. dial. snerpa st. V. “ shrivel, shrink due to excess dryness, wrinkle up, shrink up “, O.H.G. (bi-, fir-) snerfan “den Mund zusammenziehen, die Miene verfinstern”, bO.Ir. schnurfen ‘sich einziehen, shrink “ = Nor. snurpa “fälteln, lose zusammennähen”, Nor. snerp ‘skin auf the milk”. sner-g-: O.E. sneorcan st. V. “ shrivel, shrink due to excess dryness, wrinkle up “, Nor. snerka, snyrkja ds., snerk(e) m. “dũnne skin auf the milk”, O.Ice. snerkja (*snarkian) “pull together, furrow “. (s)ner-k-: Arm. nergev “tenuis, gracilis” (“*zusammengeschnũrt or eingeschrumpft”); Gk. νάρκη “das solidification, cramp, Lähmung; Krampfrochen”, ναρκᾶν “erstarren” (see also above about νάρκιον, λάρκος); O.H.G. sner(a)han (st. V.) ‘schlingen, tie, bind, knot, bind”, M.H.G. snërhen “ tie, bind, knot, bind, pull together”, O.H.G. snar(a)ha “ loop, noose, snare “, O.Ice. snara (*snarhōn) ‘schlingen, tie, bind, knot, winden”, snara f. “ loop, noose, snare “ (skand. Lw. is O.E. snēare f. “ loop, noose, snare “), snarr “rash, hasty, sharp”, M.L.G. snarlīken adv. “quick, fast, bald”, O.E. snierian “hurry” from *snarhian (“quick, fast” from “was sich dreht, quick, fast wendet”).References: WP. II 699 ff., WH. II 165, Trautmann 197, Vasmer 2, 213 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.