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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *ǯir̂k-(t)l-iā̃ f. (2); *ǯer̃g- (-ja-) vb., *ǯarg-ī̂- vb., *ǯir̃g- vb. intr.
Meaning: scissors, spread
Lithuanian: žìrklēs pl. 'Schere' || žer̃gti (-gia, -gē) 'seitwärts schreiten, die Beine spritzen', žargī́ti(s) 'die Beine auseinander spreizen', žir̃gti (-gsta, -gō) '(die Beine) spreizen, mit gespreitzen Beinen dastehen od. sitzen'
Lettish: zir̂kles, dzir̂kles pl. `Schafschere, grosse Schneiderschere'
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-lith,baltet-lett,
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Proto-IE: *g'herk(ʷ)-,-g(ʷ)-
Meaning: fork
Latin: furca f. `zweizackige Gabel; Stützpfahl, Tragreff, Halsblock als Strafwerkzeug, Galgen, Joch, Engpass'; furcula 'kleine Gabel, Tragreff, Stützstange; Engpass'
Russ. meaning: рогатка
References: WP I 629
Comments: Lat. -с- in furca may be a secondary analogy with furcula < *g'hrg-tlā (cf. its second meaning hardly derivable from diminutive semantics).
piet-meaning,piet-balt,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,
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