su̯erbh- (also su̯er-?)

    su̯erbh- (also su̯er-?)

    English meaning: to turn; to sweep

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, drehend wischen, fegen”

    Material: Welsh chwerfu “das Wirbeln, Umdrehen”, chwerfan “whirl for a spindle”; chwyrn “quick, fast (drehend)” from *su̯erbh-nio-; Goth. af-, bi-swaírban “abwischen”, O.Ice. sverfa st. V. “feilen”, svarf n. “Abfall beim Feilen”, O.E. sweorfan ds., afr. swerva “ grovel, truckle, creep “, O.S. swerƀan “abwischen”, O.H.G. suuerban “extergere”, suuarp, swirbil “gurges, vortex”, M.H.G. swerben ‘sich wirbelnd bewegen”; O.Ice. svarfa “umherschweifen”, O.S. svarva “turn, work a lathe, (Lũgen) ersinnen”; Slav. *svorbъ in Church Slavic svrabъ (in addition O.C.S. svrabьnъ “κνησμώδης”); ablaut. Slav. *svьrbitъ, *svьrběti “itch” in Russ. sverbít, sverbětь etc.; compare Ltv. svar̃pst m. “borer” (*su̯arb-sta-); perhaps in addition Gk. σύρφος n., συρφετός m. “rubbish”, σύρφαξ, -ᾱκος “ anything swept together, sweepings, refuse, rubbish, litter “; compare also σαίρω ‘sweep” (*su̯eri̯ō), σάρον n., σάρος m. “ besom, rubbish” and σύ̄ρω (Fut. σῠρῶ) “pull, drag, sweep, wash”, συρμός m. “ any lengthened sweeping motion, the moving, vomiting “, συρμαίᾱ f. “ emetic, vomiting, purge-plant “, σύρμα n. “ anything trailed or dragged, towing dress, rubbish”, σύρτης m. “ towing rope “, σύρτις, -ιδος f. ‘sandbank”.

    References: WP. II 529 f., Trautmann 295, Vasmer 2, 589, 596 f.