dhreugh-2

    dhreugh-2

    English meaning: to deceive, harm

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “trũgen, listig schädigen”

    Material: O.Ind. drúhyati ‘seeks to harm, harms” (Fut. dhrōkṣ yá ti, participle drugdhá-); common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- phonetic mutation O.Pers. Imperf. adurujīya (= O.Ind. adruhyat) “ lied “, Av. družaiti “ lies, cheats “, O.Ind. drṓ gha-, drōha- m. “insult, damage, betrayal “, Av. draoga- “ fallacious “, m. “lie, falsity, deception “, O.Pers. drauga- “ fallacious “, O.Ind. drúh- “ injuring “, f. “ damage, fiend, ghost”, m. “fiend, demon”, Av. druǰ- f. “lie, falsity, deception; impersonating the lie, falsity”; M.Ir. aur-ddrach (after the sounds from *druag = O.Ind. drōgha-) “ghost”; O.S. bidriogan, O.H.G. triogan “ deceive “, O.N. draugr m. “ghost”; zero grade O.S. gidrog n. “ delusion “, M.Du. gedroch ds., O.H.G. gitrog n. “deceit, devilish phantasmagoria “; O.N. draumr, O.H.G. troum, O.S. drōm, Eng. dream “dream” (Gmc. *ðrau(ɣ)ma- “ delusion “). IE dhreugh- is very probably related with dhu̯er- “ bring to trap through deception “, while to zero grade *dhru-gh- from *dhu̯r̥-gh- adjusted itself to a new zero grade IE *dhreugh-, *dhrough-. With the extending gh would be identical with Ger. Zwerg, if this word not goe back to a miscellaneous IE dhu̯ergh- “ dwarfish, crippled “ (see there).

    References: WP. I 874.