- kerd-1
- kerd-1English meaning: to girdleDeutsche Übersetzung: “gũrten”Note: only Celt. and Slav.Material: O.Ir. fo-cridigedar “accingat”, cri(u)ss “belt, girdle” (*kr̥d-su-), M.Ir. fo-chrus “Gũrtung”, Welsh crys “belt, girdle, Hemd”, gwregys (fur *gwe-grys from *gwo-grys) “belt, girdle”, O.Corn. kreis “Hemd”, grugis “belt, girdle”, Bret. krez “Hemd”, gouriz “belt, girdle”; Russ. čé res (besides čé rez, das z through influence the preposition črě z hat) “Geldgurt”, Clr. čé res “lederner, wide belt, girdle, Geldkatze”, Pol. trzos “Geldgurt, Geldkatze”; perhaps eine extension from (s)ker- “turn”.References: WP. I 423, Berneker 148.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.