(kerk̂-:) kork̂- : kr̥k̂-

    (kerk̂-:) kork̂- : kr̥k̂-

    English meaning: to wrinkle, become thin

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “einschrumpfen, magern”

    Note: (or at most kark̂- : kr̥k̂-)

    Material: O.Ind. kr̥śá- “abgemagert, hager, weak”, kŕ̥śyati “magert ab”, Av. kǝrǝsa- “ skinny “; Lat. cracentēs, leg. gracentēs “graciles” to gracilis “ skinny, slim, arid”, dissim. from *cracilis; O.Ice. horr (*hurha-) “Magerkeit”; Lith. karše ́ ti, intensiv kárštu, káršti “old become”, išká ršą s “ frail before age “, káršė “Altersschwäche”, Ltv. nuo-kürst “veralten, reif become”; Clr. kors “ausgerodete Striche Landes”, Ser.-Cr. kȑšljav “in growth zurũckgeblieben”, Sloven. kr̀š m. ‘shrub, bush”, Cz. krs “Zwergbaum”, krs-ati, -nouti “ abate “, Pol. dial. karślak “niedriger, crooked tree, firewood”.

    References: WP. I 420 f., WH. I 284, Berneker 670.