reg|o|lith

reg|o|lith
reg|o|lith «REHG uh lihth», noun.
the layer of soil and loose rock fragments overlying solid rock; mantle rock.
[< Greek rhêgos blanket (< rhêgein to dye) + líthos stone]

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  • reĝ-2, rek̂- (rek-?) —     reĝ 2, rek̂ (rek ?)     English meaning: damp; rain     Deutsche Übersetzung: “feucht, bewässern, Regen”     Material: 1. reĝ : Lat. rigüre “bewässern” (with i from e), Alb. rrjeth, Aor. rrodha “flow, quelle, tropfe”; Nor. dial. rake m. “… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • reg-2 —     reg 2     English meaning: to see     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sehen”?     Note: only albanesisch and Baltic     Material: Alb. ruaj ‘sehe an, look, see”; Lith. regiù, rege ti ‘see”, rãgana “ witch “ (compare “böser look”), régimas “visible,… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • u̯rēĝ-, u̯rōĝ-, u̯rǝĝ- (*su̯rēĝ-) —     u̯rēĝ , u̯rōĝ , u̯rǝĝ (*su̯rēĝ )     English meaning: to break     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brechen”     Material: Arm. ergic uc̣anem (*u̯rēĝ ) “ῥήγνυμι”; Gk. ῥήγνῡμι (and ῥήσσω) “break” (Aor. pass. ἐρράγην, perf. ἔρρωγα, herakl.… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • (s)p(h)ereg-, (s)p(h)erǝg-, (s)p(h)rēg- (nasal. spreng-) —     (s)p(h)ereg , (s)p(h)erǝg , (s)p(h)rēg (nasal. spreng )     English meaning: to rush, hurry; to scatter, sprinkle     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zucken, schnellen” and ‘streuen, sprinkle, spritzen”     Note: g extension to sp(h)er     Material: A …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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