ai-tro-

    ai-tro-

    English meaning: [bitter, sharp]

    Deutsche Übersetzung: [bitter, scharf]

    Note: Root ai-tro- : “bitter, sharp” is a truncated root *ai-tra into the suffixed Root ai-2 : “to drive, to overwhelm, harm” with the formant -tra.

    Material: Lith. aitrùs “ bitterly, harsh “, aitrà f. ‘sharpness” (also figurative); the nasal formation *intro- perhaps in O.Bulg. ob-ętriti ‘set on fire “, o. sę “burn, be quick-tempered “, wru. zajátřič “anger”, Clr. roz-jatrūti ša “fester”. Maybe Alb. hithrë “nettle, throny plant”. Alb. has preserved the old laryngeal ḫ-.

    References: WP. I 3, Berneker 269.

    See also: perhaps in ü̆i-4.