ē̆reb(h)-, ō̆rob(h)-

    ē̆reb(h)-, ō̆rob(h)-

    English meaning: a kind of dark colour

    Deutsche Übersetzung: in Worten for dunkelrötliche, bräunliche Farbtöne

    Material: Gk. ὀρφνός “ dusky, dim, dour, gloomy, dark” (ὄρφος “ a dark-tinted sea fish “?); for growing pale the real color meaning Rozwadowski Eos 8, 99 f. in Russ. rjabinóvaja nočь “cloudy, stormy night”, as Hom. ὀρφναίη νύξ; with dissimilation reduction of the first -r- Alb.-ligur.-Celt.-Gmc. eburo- “ rowan, mountain ash, yew, evergreen tree with poisonous needles “: in Alb.-Gheg ber-sh-e m. “yew” (*ebur-isio-, with collective suffix), ligur. PN Eburelianus saltus, gallorom. eburos “yew” (in many PN and PN), O.Ir. ibar m. “yew”, also as PN, Welsh efwr “ acanthocephala, class of parasitic worms which have rows of thorn-like hooks “, M.H.G. eberboum, Ger. Eber-esche; O.Ice. iarpr “brown”, O.H.G. erpf “ dark, swarthy, dusky; husky; hoarse “ (often in FlN), O.E. eorp “ swart, black, dark “; therefrom O.Ice. iarpi “ hazel grouse “ and N.Ger. erpel “ drake, male duck “ (in contrast to brighter females); with full grade the 2. syllable O.H.G. repa-, reba-huon, Swe. rapp-höna “ partridge, game bird “ < M.L.G. raphōn; Ltv. ir̃be in meža ir̃be “ hazel grouse “, lauka-ir̃be “ partridge, game bird “ (see above Mũhlenbach-Endzelin, Ltv.-D. Wb. I 708 f.; barely Slav. loanword as Lith. íerbë ėrube ̃, jėrube ̃, jėrublė̃ “ hazel grouse “, compare Clr. jarubéć); Slav. with nasalization: mbg. jerębь, R.C.S. jaŕabь, *jeŕabь, Ser.-Cr. jȁrêb etc. “ partridge, game bird “, named from the color, as Clr. oŕábyna, orobūná, Sloven. jerebíka, Cz. jeřáb etc. “ rowan berry “; without anlaut. vowel Russ. rjabój “ dappled, dotted, spotted “ (compare above rjabinóvaja nočь, O.Bulg. rębъ, Russ. rjábka “ partridge, game bird “, rjabína “ rowan tree “, rjábčik “ hazel grouse “, etc.). from here also LateO.N. raf n. “ amber, yellowish brown color “, O.Ice. refr “fox” as “the red “? But probably here O.Ice. arfr “ox” etc. as “the rubiginous, rust-colored, reddish-brown “. compare Specht Decl. 115 f., it derived from a color root er-; s. also rei-, reu-b- “ striped in different colors, multicolored; dappled “; to b : bh s. Specht 261 f.

    References: WP. I 146, Jokl Symb. gramm. Rozwadowski II 242 f., Trautmann 104 f.