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Number: 917
Root: kenth(o)-
English meaning: rag, cloth
German meaning: `Lumpen, Lappen'
General comments: auch ket(h)-?
Material: Ai. kanthā `geflicktes Kleid'; arm. k`ot`anak `Kleid, Decke';

    gr. κέντρων `Rock aus Lumpen, Flickpoem' ist Bedeutungslehnw. aus dem Lat.;

    lat. centō `aus Lappen zusammengenähtes Kleid oder Decke, Flickwerk';

    ohne Nasal ahd. hadara f. `Lappen, Lumpen' (*haþrō, idg. *kotrā), nhd. Hadern; dazu mit l-Ableitung mhd. Hadel, ablaut. nhd. dial. Hudel, davon hudeln `schmieren'.

References: WP. I 402 f., WH. I 200.
Pages: 567
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kent- (-th-)
Meaning: patch-work quilt, cloth
Old Indian: kanthā f. `rag, patched garment'
Old Greek: kéntrōn, -ōnos m. `Lumpenrock, Flickerwerk'
Latin: centō, -ōnis m. `aus Lappen zusammengenähtes Kleid oder Decke, Flickwerk, Flickpoem'
Russ. meaning: плетеное из лоскутков изделие
References: WP I 402 f
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