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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1743

Root / lemma: (s)ker-dh-, (s)kor-dh-

English meaning: small, miserable

German meaning: `ku"mmerlich, klein; verku"mmern'

Material: Ai. kr&dhu/- `verku"rzt, verstu"mmelt, klein, mangelhaft' (Komparativ kradhi:yam`s-, Superlativ kradhis.t.ha-), a/-skr&dho:yu- `nicht verku"rzt, nicht ka"rglich'; gr. Hes. , , Hes. , lakon. (mit = ) `junger Mensch', vgl. Hes. ; lit. skurstu\, skurdau~, skur~sti `verku"mmern, im Wachstum zuru"ckbleiben', nus-kur~de,s `im Wachstum verku"mmert'.

References: WP. II 590;

See also: zu (s)ker- `schneiden' als `gestutzt'.

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