ĝher-5, ĝhor-nā

    ĝher-5, ĝhor-nā

    English meaning: bowels

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Darm”

    Material: O.Ind. híra-ḥ m. “band, strap”, hirǘ f. “vein”; Gk. χορδή f. “ intestine, Darmsaite, sausage “; dubious χόριον “ placenta, afterbirth, Speise from milk and honey, skin, leather”; Lat. haru-spex “Opferschauer” eigtl. “Darmbeschauer”, hīra “Leerdarm”, pl. “ intestines, entrails “, hillae “die kleineren vorderen Därme” (ī Sabine for ē), hernia “break”; O.Ice. gǫrn f., pl. garnar “ intestine “, pl. “ intestines, entrails “ (*ĝhornü), O.E. micgern n. “arvina”, O.S. midgarni, O.H.G. mitti(la)-garni ds.; O.Ice. garn n. “Garn, Aufzug (beim weaving)”, O.E. gearn ds., M.L.G. garn, O.H.G. garn “Garn”; Lith. žarnà , acc. žá rną “ intestine, Dũnndarm”, Ltv. zar̂na f. “ intestine “, pl. “ intestines, entrails “.

    Note: Maybe Alb. zorrë (*ĝhornü) “bowel”, pl. “ intestines, entrails” didn”t derive from Root gʷer-1, gʷerǝ- : to devour; throat; but from Root ĝher-5, ĝhor-nü : bowels. [common Alb. ĝh- > zphonetic mutation]. Wenn Arm. jaṙ “ twiddled, twisted, rotated, revved, revolved “ here belongs, wäre die originally meaning the root corresponding to modifizieren.

    References: WP. I 604, WH. I 635 f., 869, Trautmann 367.