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Record number: 1063

Root / lemma: k^u_ei-1, k^u_ei-no-

English meaning: dirt; to defile

German meaning: `Schlamm, Kot, beschmutzen'

Material: Mit Formans -n(o)-: lat. caenum `Schmutz, Kot, Unflat', obsce:nus, obscaenus (Ru"ckbildung aus*obsce:nare) `schmutzig, ekelhaft, unsittlich' (caenum urbanisiert fu"r plebejisches *ce:num aus *coinom, *quoinom), in-, con-quina:re `beschmutzen, besudeln', cu:ni:re `stercus facere', ancunulentae `feminae menstruo tempore';

    schwed. dial. hven `sumpfiges Feld', aisl. hvein (*k^u_oina:) in Ortsnamen, wozu als `Sumpfgras' wohl da"n. hvene `agrostis, Gattungsname fu"r mehrere steife Grasarten', schwed. hven, norw. dial. hvein `agrostis, du"nner Grashalm' (mengl. whin `Ginster' aus da"n. hvine);

    lett. svi:ni^t refl. `sich schmutzig machen', svi:ns `beschmutzt';

    mit andern Formantien vermutlich arm. s^iv `Bodensatz gepres|ter Trauben' (k^u_i:>-u_o-); viel unsicherer ags. hwg, mndl. wey `Molken' (*k^u_oio-?).

References: WP. I 469, WH. I 131 f.

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