ghers-1, ghres-

    ghers-1, ghres-

    English meaning: disgust, horror

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Widerwille, Abscheu, Ekel”

    Material: Av. grǝ̄ hma- “ sinner, delinquent “ (?); Arm. garšim “ have loathing before “; [M.Ir. goirt “bitter” (*ghorstis), O.Ir. gortae “hunger”; better to gʷher-]; M.H.G. M.L.G. garst, Ger. nl. garstig ‘spoil, rancid “; O.H.G. gerstī “Bitterkeit”; O.Ice. gersta ‘stir, tease, irritate, embitter “; s. also gʷher-; Lith. grasà f. “ threat, austereness, severeness “, grasùs “ threatening, disgusting”, gresiù, gre ̃sti “ threaten, outgrow “, gristù, grìsti “ become disgusted with “, grasinù, grasìnti “ threaten “, Ltv. grasüt, grasīt “ threaten “. Maybe Alb. (*grasinù) kërcënoj “threaten”

    References: WP. I 610 f., WH. I 461, Trautmann 95.