to purr (produce a vibrating, whirring sound, especially when satisfied) · to produce a “healthy” sound that indicates good function
çekim: geçmiş schnurrte · ortaç geschnurrt · şimdiki schnurrt · ulaç schnurrend
köken: From Middle High German snurren, ablaut variant of snarren (whence modern schnarren), ultimately of imitative origin (lautmalend); compare Dutch snorren, as well as English snarl. Pfeifer ultimately connects these terms to an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *(s)nur- (“to grumble, growl”), and adduces nörgeln (“to nag, grumble”) as a cognate.
aile: Schnurrbart, Schnurrhaar
Unsere Katze schnurrt immer, wenn sie merkt, dass ihr Fressen vorbereitet wird.
to spin (a thread, a web, a cocoon, etc.) · to weave · to twist
çekim: geçmiş تنید · ortaç تنیده · şimdiki میتند · ulaç تننده
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (tn- /tan-/), present stem of [script needed] (ttn' /tadan/, “to weave”); the verb was regularized according to the present stem. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néwti, from *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
to spin (to make yarn) · to spin (spider, caterpillars etc.) · to purr (of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat)
çekim: geçmiş spandt · ortaç spundet · ulaç spindende
köken: From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Swedish and Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.