erǝ-1, rē-, er(e)-

    erǝ-1, rē-, er(e)-

    English meaning: to row

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “rudern; Ruder”

    Material: O.Ind. arí-tra- m. “ driving; rudder “, n. (also áritra-) “ rudder, helm “, aritár- “oarsman”; Gk. ἐρέ-της “oarsman”, replacement for *ἐρετήρ (= O.Ind. aritár-) wherefore receive fem. ᾽Ερέτρια PN, ἐρέσσω, Att. ἐρέττω “row, oar” (*ερετ-ι̯ω, denominative), ἐρετμός, pl. ἐρετμά (instead of *ἐρῆμος = Lat. rēmus, after ἐρέτης, Schwyzer Gk. I 4932) “ rudder “, Hom. εἰρεσίη (εἰ- metr. lengthening) “ the rowing “, ὑπηρέτης “ enslaved oarsman, sailor “; figurative: “ hardly working servant “, πεντήρης “ having five banks of oars, a ship or galley having five banks of oars, a quinquereme “; εἰκόσ-ορος, τριᾱκόντ-ορος, Ion. τριηκόντ-ερος etc. (die -ορος-forms through Gk. assimilation of ο from ε?); ἁλι-ήρης “ rowing through the sea “, ἀμφ-ήρης “having two banks of oars”, τριήρης “three-decker”; Lat. rēmus “ rudder “, triresmom, septeresmom Columna rostrata (basic form rather *rēsmo- as *ret-smo-); Maybe Remus , i, m., the brother of Romulus (*rē-smo “placed into sailing the basket?” The god Mars impregnates a Vestal Virgin. When she gives birth to twins, Romulus and Remus, the king orders them to be left to die in the Tiber River. When the basket in which Romulus and Remus were placed washes up on shore, a wolf suckles them and a woodpecker named Picus feeds them until the shepherd Faustulus finds Romulus and Remus and brings them into his home. When they grow up, Romulus and Remus restore the throne of Alba Longa to its rightful ruler, their maternal grandfather, and set out to found their own city. Sibling rivalry leads Romulus to slay his brother and become the first king and founder of the city of Rome. Rome is named after Romulus. O.Ir. rü- “oar, row”, imb-rü- “oar, row, sail, navigate a ship” (e.g. Impf. -raad, perf. immrerae ‘set out, departed “, Verbn. imram “ the rowing “), rüme “ rudder “; O.N. rōa, O.E. rōwan, M.H.G. rũejen “oar, row”; O.H.G. ruodar, O.E. rōðor n. “ rudder “, O.N. rōÞr (u-stem *rōÞru-) “ the rowing “; Lith. iriù, ìrti “oar, row”, ìrklas “ rudder “, ablaut. O.Pruss. artwes f. pl. “ sailing “.

    References: WP. I 143 f., Trautmann 105.