su̯ordo-s

    su̯ordo-s

    English meaning: black, dark

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwarz, schmutzfarben”

    Material: Lat. *sordus as base from sordeō, -ēre “dirty, filthy, unflätig sein”, sordidus “dirty, filthy”, sordēs, -is f. ‘smut, Unflat”; Goth. swarts, O.Ice. swart, O.E. sweart, O.H.G. swarz “black”, zero grade O.Ice. sorta f. “black paint, color”, sorti m. “darkness, dichter fog”, sortna “black become”; sollte Lat. suüsum “rußiger Fleck auf a Kleide” as *suarssom related sein, käme as basic form *su̯ardo- in question, so that sordeo from su̯r̥d-; whether O.S. swerkan (participle gesworkan) “finster become, sich verfinstern, bewölkt become”, O.E. sweorcan “finster, sad become”, O.H.G. giswerc, gisworc “Verfinsterung through clouds” and Ir. sorb “Makel, smut”, related are (IE *su̯er-g-, *su̯or-b(h)o- besides *su̯ordo-), is doubtful.

    References: WP. II 535, WH. II 562 f.