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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 871

Root / lemma: k^eip-

English meaning: to wag, wave, pull faces

German meaning: `schweifen, wedeln, das Gesicht verziehen'?

Material: Ai. s/ipra: f. `Schnurrbart, wallender Helmbusch', av. (mit Metathese) srifa- m. `Nu"stern'; av. sae:f `wedeln'; die Bedeutung von av. sae:pa- ist unklar;

    lit. s^iepiu/os, s^ie~ptis und s^aipau~s, s^aipy/tis `das Gesicht verziehen', s^ypla\ `Spo"tter', s^ypsau~, -o/ti `grinsen'.

References: WP. I 364, Frisk Le monde oriental 30, 78 ff.

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