sku̯erb(h)-

English meaning                      to stick, pierce (thorns)

German meaning                     `stechen, etwa wie Dornen'?

Grammatical comments         

General comments                  Nur keltisch und baltisch

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Corn. bret. spern `spinae' (-rn- aus -rbn-);

                lit. skverbiù, skver̃bti `mit einem spitzen Werkzeug bohrend stechen', Iter. skvarbaũ, skvarbýti ds., skvìrbinu, -inti `stechen, bohren, prickeln'.

References                              WP. II 602.

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