erə-

To row. Oldest form *ə₁erə₁-.

1. Variant form *rē- (contracted from *reə₁-, from earlier *ə₁reə₁-).

a. row², from Old English rōwan, to row, from Germanic *rō-;

b. suffixed form *rō-tro-. rudder, Rus, Russian, Russky, from Old English rōther and Old Norse rōdhr, steering oar, both from Germanic *rōthra, rudder;

c. suffixed form *rē-smo-. bireme, remex, trireme, from Latin rēmus, oar.

2. Oldest variant form *ə₁reə₁- becoming *erē- in Greek. trierarch, from Greek triērēs, trireme.

 

[Pokorny 1. erə- 338.]

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