Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *skarna-n

Meaning: dung, filth

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: skarn n. `Mist, Dünger'

Norwegian: skarn

Swedish: skarn `Unrat, Auswurf'

Danish: skarn

Old English: scearn, -es n. `dung, filth, sharn'

English: sharn

Old Frisian: skern

Middle Dutch: scharn

Middle Low German: scharn

Low German: scharn

Old High German: scarno m. (de plant)

Proto-IE: *s[e]k-

Meaning: faeces

Hittite: sakar, gen. saknas `Kot, Excrement'

Old Indian: ava-, apa-skara- m. `faeces, ordure'

Old Greek: skō̂r, gen. skatós n. `Kot, Exkrement'

Germanic: *sk-ar-n-a- n.

Russ. meaning: дерьмо

References: WP II 587 f

Number: 1741

Root: sker-(d)-

English meaning: to defecate

German meaning: `cacāre; Mist, Kot des Leibes'

Material: Av. sairya- `Dünger, Mist', mpers. sargōn, np. sargīn ds.;

gr. σκω̃ρ, σκατός `Kot', wovon σκωρία `Schlacke';

lat. mūscerda `Mäusekot'; sūcerda `Schweinekot', bū-, ovi-cerda haben cerda für *scerda durch falsche Zerlegung von mū[s]scerda; aksl. skarędъ `ekelhaft' entscheidet dafür freilich nicht, vgl. ai. chr̥nátti, chardayati `erbricht, speit aus', mir. sceirdim `speie aus', als d-Erw. unseressk̂er-;

aisl. skarn, ags. scearn, afries skern, nd. scharn `Mist';

lett. sãrn̨i Pl. `Schlacken, Menstrua, Excremente', lit. šarwai `Menstrua'; urslav. *serǫ (*seri̯ō), *sьrati `cacāre' (z. B. Serb. sȅrem, srȁti), russ. sór `Mist', usw.

hitt. šakkar n., Gen. šaknaš `Kot, Exkremente', šaknu-u̯ant `unrein'.

References: WP. II 587 f., WH. II 133 f., Trautmann 303, Frisk Indogerm. 25 f.

Pages: 947-948

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