- ger-4, grēi-
- ger-4, grēi-English meaning: to grow; to awakeDeutsche Übersetzung: “wachsen, wecken”Material: O.Ind. járate “awakened”, jü-gar-ti “ wakes”, perf. jü-gǘ ra, participle jü-gṛ-váṁs- “alert, awake, smart, keen, eager”, jǘ gr̥ vi- “ attentive, sleepless, alert, awake, smart”, аv. jaɣürayantǝm “ the watching one “, perf. jagüra, participle perf. Akt. jagüurvah-, jigüurvah- “ awake, watchful, wakeful”, Kaus. ü-garayeiti “ arouses, awakens “, with fra- inchoativ fraɣrisǝmnō “awakening” (*grī-sk-), Kaus. fra-ɣrü-ɣrüyeiti, dissimil. fra-ɣrü-rayeiti “ awakens”, M.Pers. vīgrüs “awake”, vīgrüsēnüg “ livener “; Gk. ἐγείρω “ awake “ (whether ἐ- adv. *e? compare ē or ō in Av. ü-garayeiti and above S. 280; different Schwyzer Gk. I 6483), Aor. ἔγρετο, ἐγρέσθαι, perf. ἐ-γρή-γορα (for ε-γη-γορα - compare O.Ind. jü-gǘ ra - with dem ρ from ἐγρέσθαι; Med. (late) ἐ-γή-γερ-μαι; of perf. proceed from ἐγρηγορτί “ on guard “, ἐγρήγορσις); ἐγρήσσω “watch” to *γρη-τ- (compare Av. fra-ʒrütō “by awakening “); barely from *ἐγρήσκι̯ω (Schwyzer Gk. I 7082); Alb.Tosk ngrē̈ (from which ngrē), Gheg ngrêi “lift up, arouse, erect, awake, stretch a gun “(*n-grǝ-n-i̯ō), participle n-gritë (*-grī-t-); presumably O.N. karskr, kerskr “fresh, agile, lively”, M.L.G. karsch “fresh, alert, awake, smart”, Alem. chärzsch.References: WP. I 598 f., WH. I 429 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.