sū-ro-, sou-ro-

    sū-ro-, sou-ro-

    English meaning: salty, bitter; cheese

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sauer, salzig, bitter”, zunächst von käsig Gerinnendem, schleimig Nassem; also in Flußnamen

    Note: root seu(̯ ǝ)-, sou(̯ ǝ)- : sū̆ -

    Note: Root sū-ro-, sou-ro- : salty, bitter; cheese, derived from extension ks-eu- of Root kes- : to scratch, itch

    Material: O.Ice. sūrr ‘sour, sharp”, m. ‘sourdough”, M.L.G. M.H.G. sūr n. “Bitterkeit”; O.Ice. sȳra f. ‘sour milk”, O.E. sȳring ds., O.H.G. sūrī ‘säure”; O.H.G. O.E. sūr ‘sour”, O.Ice. sūreygr, O.H.G. sūr-ougi, O.E. sūr-īege “blear eyed, bleareyed “; compare Toch. В sūrma “Augenkrankheit”; Lith. sū́ ras ‘salzig”, Ltv. sũrs ‘salzig, bitter”, Lith. sū́ ris m. “cheese”, O.Pruss. suris ds.; O.C.S. syrъ “humid, wet”, Russ. syrój “humid, wet, raw, sour”; substantivized O.C.S. syrъ, Russ. syr “cheese”; ablaut. O.Ice. saurr m. ‘smut, tier. seed, sperm “; O.Bulg. surovъ “raw”, Russ. suróvyj “rough, raw” (*sou-ro-); compare die FlN Celt. Sūra, Ger. Sauer, Sūr, O.Pruss. Sure, Ltv. Sūr-upe, and den PN ΢υράκουσαι pl. ‘syrakus” (Sicily), with nt-derivative to ΢υρακώ name eines Sumpfes.

    References: WP. II 513, Trautmann 293 f., Vasmer 3, 49, 58; perhaps to seu̯(ǝ)-1 “juice, sap” (above S. 912 f.); about “milk” to: “ coagulated, sour milk”.