srenk-

    srenk-

    English meaning: to snore

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schnarchen”

    Material: Gk. ῥέγκω, ῥέγχω ‘schnarche; snort”; ῥέγκος n., ῥέγξις f. ‘schnarchen”, ῥόγκος, ῥογμός ds.; O.Ir. srennim ‘schnarche” (*srenk-nü-mi); M.Ir. srēimm n. ‘schnarchen” (*srenksmn̥), also srĕimm through influence of srennim; a similar onomatopoeic words Schallnachahmung entspringt probably Gk. ῥύγχος ‘schweinsrũssel, snout, bill, beak, neb”; whether Arm. *ṙungn, pl. ṙngun-k”, ṙǝngun-k̄ “Nasenlöcher, nose” out of it borrowed or under IE *srungh- with it common origin sei, is doubtful.

    References: WP. II 705.