Etymology http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology Sun, 17 May 2009 22:53:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 kibble http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2009/05/kibble/ http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2009/05/kibble/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 22:03:03 +0000 Brent http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/?p=8 http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2009/05/kibble/feed/ 0 risar http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2008/03/risar/ http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2008/03/risar/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:31:43 +0000 Brent http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2008/03/risar/ Continue reading →]]>
  • Cognate with ‘rise’?
  • PIE *H3er-s ‘rise, protrude’?
  • Old Norse Risar ‘mountain giants’
  • Old Norse Bergrisar ‘mountain giants’
  • Old Icelandic risi, risar ’giant, giants’; risa-barn ‘giant-child’; risa-folk ‘giant-folk’; risa-kyn’giant-kind’;  risa-ligr ‘giant-like, gigantic’; risa-voxtr ‘giant’s size’ (Zoega)
  • Archaic Swedish rese ‘giant’
  • Modern Icelandic risi
  • Danish rise
  • Old High German risi, riso
  • German riese ‘giant’
  • German surnames: Riess, Reiss, Rees
  • Dutch reus ‘giant’
  • See Lotte Motz 1987
  • Old English hris ‘the top of a tree, ride wood’
  • Sanskrit rishi?
  • Rissen Scar (Westmoreland)?
    • ]]>     http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2008/03/risar/feed/ 0     dizzy and giddy http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/dizzy-and-giddy/ http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/dizzy-and-giddy/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:18:08 +0000 Brent http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/dizzy-and-giddy/ Continue reading →]]> *dheu

    • ‘to flow, to run’
    • ‘to die, to faint, to vanish’
    • to shine brightly
    • ‘to blow, to dissipate, to flt about like dust’

    Cognates

    • dizzy

    *gheu #

    • ‘to pour, to pour a libation’
    • ‘to die, to disappear, to get away’

    Cognates

    • gut [Modern English < Old English guttas 'intestines' < Proto-Germanic *gut- < Proto-Indo-European zero-grade form *ghud]

    gheuh

    • giddy
    ]]>     http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/dizzy-and-giddy/feed/ 0     ant http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/ant/ http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/ant/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:23:49 +0000 Brent http://www.scarcliff.com/etymology/2007/12/ant/ Continue reading →]]> Cognates:

    • *mai ‘to cut’ [Proto-Indo-European] 
    • *a-mait-jon ‘biter’ [Proto-Germanic]
    • amete (Middle Low German] #
    • amete [Middle Dutch]
    • aemete [Old English] #
    • aemette [Old English] #
    • amete ’ant’ [Middle English]
    • amte ‘ant’ [Middle English]
    • ante ‘ant’ [Middle English]
    • emmet ‘ant’ [Cornwall English]
    • emmut ‘ant’ [Berkshire English]
    • ant ‘ant’ [Modern English]

    Similar Forms:

    • semut [Bahasa Indonesian]
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