tu̯er-2 : tur-, tu̯erǝ-

    tu̯er-2 : tur-, tu̯erǝ-

    English meaning: to grab, to enclose

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “fassen, einfassen, einzäunen”

    Material: Gk. σειρά:, ep. Ion. σειρή f. “rope, cable, band, strap” (*tu̯eri̯ü), παρά-σειρος (ἵππος) “Handpferd”, compare σερίδες σειραί and σερί[ς] ξωστήρ Hes.; with o-gradation σορός f. “Urne” (*tu̯oros); perhaps ΢ειρήν, -ῆνος ‘sirene (Todesgöttin); eine wild Bienenart, ein small bird”, whether originally “Umstrickerin”, to σειρά̄ “rope, band”; σαργάνη f., -ίς, -ίδος f. “basket, wickerwork “, compare Att. ταργάναι πλοκαί, συνδέσεις, πέδαι Hes.; perhaps extension *tu̯er-g-, compare *tu̯er-p- in Gk. τάρπη f. “großer basket”, whether here *tu̯-p- to *t-p- dissimilated, thereafter also ταργ- besides σαργ-; after Loth RC 40, 475 f. here Bret. torn-aod ‘steilkũste”, Gaul. turno- “height” in PN wieTurno-magus, Turnücum etc.; Lith. tveriù, tvérti “catch, to hem, gird, border, umhegen, form, mould”, Ltv. tveŕu, tver̂t “ grasp, catch, hold, stop”, ablaut. Lith. turiù, ture ́ti “hold, stop, have”, Ltv. turu, turêt ds., O.Pruss. turit “have, sollen”; Lith. ãp-tvaras “ paddock “, tvártas “Einzäunung”, tvarstūti “mehrfach to hem, gird, border”, Ltv. tvar̂stît “ grasp, catch, capture “; Church Slavic tvorъ “forma”, O.C.S. tvoriti “create, make”, aRuss. tvorъ “Aussehen”, Serb. tvórac “creator, god”; lengthened grade Lith. tvorà, Ltv. tvüre “fence”, O.C.S. tvarъ “ creation, creature”; in addition Russ. tvaróg m. (from which Ger. “Quark = curd”), compare zur formation Lat.formaticum, Fr. “fromage”; originally participle: Lith. tvìr-tas, Ltv. tvirts ‘strong, tight, firm” (*tu̯r̥̄-to-), O.C.S. tvrъdъ, Russ. tvërdyj ds. (*tu̯r̥-; the variation t : d from originally konson. Stammzu define); in addition still aRuss. tvъrdь f. “Himmelsgewölbe, Befestigung”.

    References: WP. I 750 f., Trautmann 333 f., Vasmer 3, 85 ff., Hofmann Gk. etym. Wb. 305, 308, 353.