kars-

    kars-

    English meaning: to scratch, rub

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “kratzen, striegeln, krämpeln”

    Material: O.Ind. kaṣati “reibt, schabt, kratzt” (mind. from *kr̥ṣati), unclear kaṣüya- “herb, bitter, sharp” etc. (also kuṣṭha- n. “ leprosy “, mind. from *kr̥ṣṭha-?); Lat. carrō, ere “(wool) krämpeln”, carduus “thistle” (due to from *carridus “kratzend”); Maybe Alb. *carrō, ere, kore ‘scab” Lith. karšiù , kar̃šti “comb, curry, krämpeln”, Ltv. kǜ ršu, kǜ rst “wool comb”; O.Bulg. krasta (*kor-stü ), Russ. korósta f., Ser.-Cr. krȁsta “ scabies, crust, scab, eschar “; M.L.G. harst “ rake, rake “, probably also M.L.G. Ger. harsch “hard, rough”, Ger. verharschen ‘schorf build, by Wunden”, dial. harsch ‘schneekruste”, M.H.G. harsten, verharsten “rough, hard become”; with Gmc. ablaut neologism and anlaut. s- from the Wurzelsker- here also aN.Ger. ofskerran intense Verb “abkratzen”, O.H.G. scerran, M.H.G. scherren intense Verb ‘scratch, scrape, scrape”, Intensivbildung *skarzōn in Nor. skarra “einen scharrenden sound bring forth”, M.L.G. M.H.G. scharren ‘scratch, scrape, scratch”, Swe. skorra, M.L.G. schurren “einen scharrenden sound give”. Maybe Alb. (*schurren) shkurre “thorny bush” Der root vowel is a; the Intonationsunterschied between Lith. and Slav. bleibt still to define.

    References: WP. I 355 f., WH. I 173 f., Trautmann 118 f.