su̯er-2

    su̯er-2

    English meaning: to hiss

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘surren under dgl”

    Material: O.Ind. svárati “ sounds, erschallt, läßt erschallen”; also surmī́ “duct, tube, pipe” (flute?); svará- svára- m. “ clangor, sound, tone”; ὕραξ, -κος m. ‘spitzmaus” (*surak-), Cret. ὕρον ‘swarm of bees” Hes.; Lat. susurrus “das Zischen, Flũstern”, susurrō, -üre “hiss, flũstern, buzz” (rr consonant increase in onomatopoeic words), absurdus “ adverse clinking, ungereimt” (*su̯orodo-s); surdus “deaf” as “dull or undeutlich hörend and redend”?); probably sōrex, -icis (previously late sŏrex) ‘spitzmaus” from *su̯ōr-ak- (: Gk. ὕραξ ds.); Welsh chwyrnu “drone, grumble” (to *chwyrn from *su̯erni̯o-?); O.Ice. svarra “roar”, Nor. sverra “whirl; kreisen”, Ger. schwirren; Nor. surla “leise sing”, Swe. sorla “ trickle, mumble, murmur”, M.L.G. Ger. surren, M.H.G. surm “Gesumse”; vielleichtIce. svarmr “ dizziness “, O.E. swearm “ swarm, bulk, mass”, O.H.G. swarm “ swarm “; Lith. surmà “flute”, O.C.S. svirati “whistle” (lengthening from *svьr-),

    References: WP. II 527 f., WH. II 634 f., 637 f., Vasmer 2, 593.

    See also: s. also su̯er- ‘speak”.