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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1609
Proto: *śerV (*śärV)
English meaning: to laugh
German meaning: lachen
Mordovian: śeŕt́a- (E) 'auslachen, bespotten' ?
Mari (Cheremis): (šarɣǝ̑ža- (MRS) 'смеяться, засмеяться громко' - rejected by Redei)
Udmurt (Votyak): śerekjal- (S K G), śerekt́al- (K) 'lachen, auslachen, bespotten'
Komi (Zyrian): śeral- (S), śera.v- (P) 'lachen, verspotten', śe.ral- (PO) 'lachen'
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *swVrV ( ~ *čw-)
Meaning: to laugh
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *swerd- (Gr s-)
Meaning: to laugh
Old Greek: sardázdẹ̄n = metà pikrías gelôn Phot., Suid.; sardánion (meidiân, gelân), sardánios gélōs `bitter, höhnisch lächeln, lachen; höhnisches Gelächter'. LS: The common expl. given of this laugh was that it resembled the effect produced by a Sardinian plant (Ranunculus sardous, Sardinian vrowfoot, called sardánē by Tz. ad Hes.Op.59, sardónion by Ps.-Disoc., etc., which when eaten srewed up the face of the eater; whence later authors wrote sardónion or sardṓnion (from Sardṓ) for sardánion <...> and sardónios appears as a v.l. in Hom. and Pl.
Celtic: *swerd- > Cymr chwarddu, Corn hwerthin, MBret huersin 'lachen'
Russ. meaning: смеяться
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1917
Root: su̯ard-
English meaning: to laugh
German meaning: `lachen'?
Material: σαρδάνιος `höhnisch, spöttisch', σαρδίζειν `hohnlachen'; cymr. chwarddu, corn. hwerthin, mbret.huersin `lachen'.
References: WP. II 517.
Pages: 1040
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