Cognate Set 9606 – Meaning: round

IE-CoR reference form:
?*greng̑ʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Germanic lexemes appearing to continuing derivatives of a PIE root *greng̑ʰ- 'to turn', although the evidence for this root is restricted to Baltic and Germanic (de Vries 1977:330, Kroonen 2013:305-306, cf. LIV² 191).
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 2 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
103   Icelandic kringlóttur ˈkʰriŋɡlouʰtːʏr
102   Old Icelandic kringlóttr ˈkriŋɡˌloːtːr ˈkrinɡˌloːtːr
References
  • Kroonen, Guus: 305-306
    Cf. s.v. Proto-Germanic *kringan- ~ *krinkan- 'to fall' as though from PIE *gréng̑ʰ-e- (cf. Lith. grę̃žti 'to turn, wring; bore, perforate' < *greng̑ʰ-) and derivative Proto-Germanic *kringa- 'circle'.
  • Rix, Helmut: 191
    Cf. s.v. ?*greng̑ʰ- 'drehen' (IEW 386). Only Germanic and Baltic.
  • de Vries, Jan: 330
    Cf. s.v. ON kringr (1) 'kreis, ring', to be connected with Lith. grėžiù 'wenden, drehen' from a root *greng̑ʰ-.