- ἀσπαίρω
- ἀσπαίρωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `sprawl, flounder, lie in convulsions' (Il.).Other forms: only pres. Also σπαίρω (Arist.)Derivatives: ἀσπαρίζω (Arist.) cf. ἀσκαρίζω : σκαίρω.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [992] *h₂sperH- `kick with the foot'Etymology: The conviction that ἀ- in ἀσπαίρω is secondary has no basis. Not with Kretschmer KZ 33, 566, Glotta 12, 189f. from ἀν- = ἀνα-. The form without ἀ- will be secondary (after ἀσκαρίζω : σκαίρω?). One compares Lith. spiriù `kick with the foot', but there is much more: Skt. sphuráti id., Lat. spernō, ON sperna. Cf. also Pok. 995 *sp(h)erd(h)- and 996 *(s)p(h)ereg-.Page in Frisk: 1,166-167
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.