kau-

    kau-

    English meaning: to put down, discourage

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “erniedrigen, demũtigen”

    Material: Gk. καυνός κακός (σκληρός, in latter meaning to καίω, Schulze KZ. 29 270 Anm. 1) Hes. and καυρός (or καῦρος) κακός, also καυαρόν κακόν Hes.; Goth. hauns “low, demũtig” (haunjan “erniedrigen”), O.H.G. hōni “verachtet, woeful, wretched, miserable, low” (hōnen “vilify, scold, scoff “), O.E. hēan “low, woeful, wretched, miserable, pitiful “ (hȳnan “vilify, scold”), O.H.G. hōnida, O.S. hōnða ‘schande”, O.Fris. hünethe “ accusation “, O.H.G. hōna “ derision, ridicule”; O.N. hüð (*hawiÞa-) n. “ derision “, M.H.G. hūren “kauern”; Ltv. kàuns m. “disgrace, shame, Schande, the genitals”, kàunêtiês ‘sich schämen, stupid sein”, kàunîgs “ shamefaced, verschämt, stupid “; Lith. kūviú os, kūve ́ tis ‘sich schämen”.

    References: WP. I 330, Feist 249 f., Trautmann 122.