- (s)nēbh-ri-, (s)nōbh-ri-
- (s)nēbh-ri-, (s)nōbh-ri-English meaning: narrowDeutsche Übersetzung: “eng, dũnn, schmal” (Gmc. also “flink” from “mager”)Note: only armen. and germO.N.Material: Arm. nurb “eng, narrow, tight, slim, slender, thin, thin under likewise” (*snōbh-ri-, = O.Ice. *snø̄ fr); O.Ice. snǣ fr (gen. -rs) “eng; quick, fast”, aschw. snǣ ver “ narrow, tight, slim, slender, thin, eng”, O.Ice. snǣ fugr “rash, hasty, agile”, with gradation O.Ice. snø̄ fr “quick, fast, agile”, reduced grade snǫfurligr “rash, hasty”; s-lose Nebenformen aschw. nǣ ver and nø̄ ver, O.Ice. nø̄ fr (neutr. nø̄ frt) “rash, hasty, agile” (in addition also M.H.G., Ger. Alem. nuofer “alert, awake, smart, fresh, sober”, Ger. bO.Ir. nuober).References: WP. II 698.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.