u̯er-12

    u̯er-12

    English meaning: to burn

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen, verbrennen, schwärzen”

    Material: Arm. vaṙem “zũnde an”, vaṙim “burn”; perhaps Alb. vorbë “Kochtopf” and (?) Gmc. *u̯arma- “warm” in Goth. warmjan “warm”, O.Ice. varmr, afr. O.S. O.H.G. warm “warm”, changing through ablaut O.H.G. wirma “Wärme” (*wirmia) and wirmina, M.H.G. wirme and wirmen; compare (?) O.Ice. orna “warm become, warm”; O.C.S. varъ “heat”, variti “cook” (different above S. 81); in addition also balto-Slav. u̯arna- m. “raven” in Lith. var̃nas, O.Pruss. voc. warnis, acc. pl. warnins, O.C.S. vranъ, Russ. vóron, probably ein substantiviertes adjective *u̯arna- “black, verbrannt” in O.C.S. vranъ, Russ. voronój “black” etc.; with lengthened grade (Vriddhi) femin. Bal.-Slav. *u̯ürnü- “crow” in O.Pruss. warne (secondary ē-stem), Lith. várna, Russ. Church Slavic vrana, Serb. vrȁnа, Russ. voróna (glottal stop through Vriddhi); Hitt. u̯ar- “burn, verbrennen”, participle u̯arant- “ burning “ (Intrans.), u̯ar-nu- “kindle, inflame, verbrennen”.

    References: WP. I 269, Trautmann 343, 361, Vasmer 1, 169, 228 f., Szemerényi Kratylos 2, 121 f., the also Gmc. *swarta- “black” (different above S. 1052) dazustellt.