dherebh-

    dherebh-

    English meaning: to harden

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gerinnen, gerinnen machen, ballen, dickflũssig”

    Material: O.Ind. drapsá-ḥ m. “drip”??; Gk. τρέφεσθαι, τετροφέναι “ curdle, coagulate, harden, be firm “, τρέφω, Dor. τράφω “make curdle, coagulate, harden (γάλα; τυρόν), nourish (*make thick, fat, obese), bring up” (θρέψω, ἔθρεψα) τροφός “ nourishing “, f. “ wet nurse “, θρέμμα “ the nourished, foster child, child, breeding livestock “, τρόφις “fat, obese, strong, big, large”, τροφαλίς, -ίδος “ fresh cheese, coagulated milk “, ταρφύς “dense”, τάρφεα pl. n. “ thicket “, τραφερή (γῆ) “ firm land”; maybe truncated Alb. (*τρόφις) trashë “fat, obese, strong, big, large, coagulated”. nasalized and with IE b (IE Articulation variation in nasal surroundings) θρόμβος “ coagulated mass (from milk, blood etc)”, θρομβόομαι “ coagulate “, θρομβεῖον “ clots “; O.S. derƀi (*ðarƀia) ‘strong, mad, wicked, evil”, O.Fris. M.L.G. derve ‘strong, just, rightful “ (different from O.H.G. derb “ unleavened “ = O.N. Þjarfr), ablaut. O.N. djarfr “gamy, bold” (the older meaning still in Nor. dial. dirna from *dirfna “ put on weight, recover, regain one’s strength “); O.N. dirfa “ encourage “; nasalized probably O.N. dramb “ lavishness “ (*be thick), Mod.Ice. drambr “ knots in the wood “; O.N. drumbr “clot, chunk”, M.L.G. drummel “ sturdy person”.

    Note: Probably from (O.S. thervi, O.H.G. derbi “ unleavened “, Ger. bO.Ir. derb “ arid, dry, thin “) Root (s)ter-1, (s)terǝ- : (s)trē- : ‘stiff, immovable; solid, etc.” derived the extended root Root dherebh- : “to harden” [common st- > t- PIE phonetic mutation]

    References: WP. I 876.