Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *(s)perǝ- (sph-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to kick

Old Indian: sphuráti `to spurn; to dart, bound, spring, tremble, quiver; to hurt, destroy', ptc. sphurita-, sphūrta-; sphura- `quivering, trembling; m. quiver, throb', sphuraṇa- n. `trembling, throbbing, vibration', sphūrti- f. `quivering, throb, palpitation'

Avestan: sparaiti `tritt, stösst', sparman- n. etwa `Trit, Stoss'

Other Iranian: NPers sipardan `treten'

Old Greek: spái̯rō `zucken, zappeln', aspái̯rō `id.'

Slavic: *pьrā́tī, *perǭ

Baltic: *spir̂- vb. tr., sper̂- vb. tr. (2), *spar-a- c., *sper-tl-a- n.; *per- vb. tr.

Germanic: *spir-n-a- vb., *spur-n-a- vb.; *spur-n-ō- vb., *spur-n-ia- vb.; *spur-ō- vb.; *spur-ōn- f., *spur-a- n., *spur-an- m., *spur-i- c., etc.

Latin: spernō, -ere, sprēvī, sprētum `wegstossen, verwerfen, verschmähen', aspernārī `zurückweisen, verschmähen'; ? asper, -era `rauh, herb, holperig, struppig, beissend, barsch

Russ. meaning: пинать

References: WP II 668 f

Comments: Cf. Lith per̃ti (pẽria, pẽrē) 'schlagen, baden', Lett pḕrt (per̨u, ṗèru)'schlagen prügeln; baden (tr.), eig. mit dem Blatterquast (belaubten Besen) schlagen' and Slav *pьrā́tī, *perǭ (2 roots at least: 'to wash (beating)' and 'to trample, etc.'