gher-2

    gher-2

    English meaning: to stroke roughly, rub

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “hart worũber streichen, reiben”

    Note: compare also die extensions ghrēi-, ghrēu-, ghrem-, ghren-, as well as above grōd-

    Material: Gk. κέγχρος “millet, sorghum, ordure”, κάχρυς “ parched barley, winter-bud barley “ (diss. from *gher-ghro- and *ghn̥-ghru-); χέραδος n. and χεράς, -άδος f. “ detritus, gravel “ (*gherǝd- or *ghern̥d-?); χερμάς, -άδος f. “ large pebble or stone, esp. for throwing or slinging, sling-stone “; Lat. furfur, -uris m. “ husk of grain and the legumes; the bran; scales, scurf on the skin “ (reduplicated form, originally *for-for); vowel gradation as in Lith. gurùs “ crumbly “, gùrti “ crumb, spall, crumble “. common Illyr. gh- > d- then Lat. d- > f- phonetic mutatIon. s-extension: O.Ind. gharṣati “ grates “, ghr̥ṣṭa-ḥ “ chafed, grated “; Russ. goróchъ “pea”, Ser.-Cr. grȁh “bean, pea” (die sl. intonation development from a zero grade basic form *ghōrso-s or from *ghorǝsos). Maybe abbreviated Alb. (*ghōrso-s) groshë “bean, pea”

    References: WP. I 605 f., WH. I 545 f., 570.