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.
köken: Inherited from Prakrit *वुणइ (vuṇaï)—compare वुणिय (vuṇiya, “woven”) and वुणण n (vuṇaṇa, “weaving”)—a variation of *विणइ (viṇaï)—compare विणण n (viṇaṇa) and Pali विनाति (vināti, “weaves”). Further from Proto-Indo-Aryan *uHináHti, from the root Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to weave”). Related to Sanskrit वे (ve) / ओ (o), whence वयति (vayati, “weaves”), ओतुम् (otum, “weaving”), and उत (utá,…
From Old Norse spinna, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną. Compare Swedish and Icelandic spinna, Norwegian Bokmål spinne, English spin, Dutch and German spinnen.