ernь

ernь Grammatical information: f. i

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Old Russian:

renь `hatred, malice, spite' [f i]

Lithuanian:

er̃nis `wolverine' [m io] 2

Comments: Young (2001: 163-164) links Lith. er̃nis `wolverine' to ORu. renь `hatred, malice, spite' and derives these words from Pokorny's root *er- `sich in Bewegung setzen, erregen (auch seelisch, ärgern, reizen' (IEW 326-327). LIV (238, 303) distinguishes between *h₁er- `wohin gelangen, geraten' and *h₃er- (299) `sich in (Fort-)bewegung setzen'. Formally *ertь may only belong to the former root, which is semantically less attractive, but it should be noted that the distinction between the roots is not always clear.