dhrigh- (or dhreikh-)

    dhrigh- (or dhreikh-)

    English meaning: hair, bristle

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Haar, Borste”

    Note: Root dhrigh- (or dhreikh-) : “hair, bristle” derived from Root dhereĝh- (dhr̥ĝh-nü-) : “to wind, turn, *release, discharge, disband”.

    Material: Gk. θρίξ, τριχός f. “hair, bristle”, therefrom θρίσσα, Att. θρίττα f. “ a fish with fine fishbone “, τριχίας, τριχίς ds.; M.Ir. gairb-driuch (*drigu- or *driku-) “bristle” (garb “rough”); from Gk. θρίσσα derives probably Ital.-lombard. trissa “ burbot “; out of it probably likewise Swiss Trische (11. Jh. trisca); whether Bal.-Slav. *draika- ‘stretched long” as *dhroiko- here belongs, also Lith. driẽkti “ distend, take off (a thread)”, drỹkti “ hang down in long threads “, slovak. driek m. ‘stem”, driečny “ stocky “, O.Bulg. drьkolь “ shaft, pole”, etc, could our root be placed as *dhreikh- . Maybe Alb. (*dhreikh) derth, derdh “ hang down, pour “, (*dhreikh) dreth, dredh “twist, curl (hair)”, dredhë “lock, curled hair” common Alb. -k > -th phonetic mutatIon.

    References: WP. I 876, Jud BullGlPat. Suisse Rom. 11, 82, Trautmann 58 f., Berneker 223, 232.