sp(h)e(n)d-

    sp(h)e(n)d-

    English meaning: to shiver, to shake

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “zucken, zappeln” and (about “flackern”) “glänzen”

    Material: O.Ind. spandatē ‘shrugs, jerks, hits, knocks from”, spanda- m. “ twitch, movement”, snüyu-spanda- “Pulsschlag”, spandana- m. “zuckend”; Gk. σφενδόνη ‘schleuder”, σφαδάζω “zucke, zapple, bewege mich violent”(*σφn̥δ-); σφόνδυλος, σπόνδυλος m. “whirl an the spindle, etc.”; unnasalized σφεδανός, σφοδρός “violent, keen, eager”; older Dutch spat “cramp”, Ger. Spat(h), M.H.G. spat, E.Fris. spat(t), spad(de) “ tumefaction am Pferdefuß” (Gmc. d, dd besides t, tt kann new Variation sein), nd. Dutch spatten “ twitch, wriggle “; here Lith. spį́stu, spį́sti “erglänzen”, spìndžiu, spinde ́ti “gleam”, Ltv. atspîst “wiedererglänzen”, spîdêt “gleam, gleam, shine”, ablaut. spuôžs “gleaming, bright, luminous” (*spandús), spuôdrs “gleaming, durchsichtig, clean” (*spondros).

    References: WP. II 664, Trautmann 275;

    See also: compare *sp(h)eng- “gleam”.