- (s)trep-, (s)treb-
- (s)trep-, (s)treb-English meaning: to cry wildly, make noise, onomatopoeic wordsDeutsche Übersetzung: “wild lärmen, schreien under likewise”; SchallwurzelMaterial: Lat. strepō, -ere “make a noise, cry, rausche”; perhaps the Ital. FlN Trebia; Ice. Þrefa “quarrel, squabble”, O.Ice. Þrapt n. “gossip”, O.E. Þræft n. “discord, quarrel”, M.L.G.drevelinge ds. (with p: O.Ice. Þrapr “ babbler “, Þrap n. “garrulitas”); compare (s)treig-3, streid(h)- “hiss, schwirren” and Lat. stertō ‘schnarche”.References: WP. II 649 f., WH. II 602.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.