κρέμβαλα: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. pl.<br />Meaning: [[clapper]], [[castanets]] (Ath. 14, 636c, Carm. Pop. 3; on the facts Weber RhM 82, 194f.).<br />Derivatives: [[κρεμβαλιάζω]] <b class="b2">play with c., clapper</b> (Hermipp. 31; Schwyzer 735) with [[κρεμβαλιαστύς]] (h. Ap. 162; Zumbach Neuerungen 8, Porzig Satzinhalte 181; cf. on [[βαμβαίνω]]).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Technical word in <b class="b3">-αλο-</b> ([[κρόταλα]], [[ῥόπαλον]] u. a.; Chantraine Formation 245 f.). Belongs to a group of sound-words, with anlaut (<b class="b2">s)kr-</b> and varying ending, a. o. a labial. Closest are Lat. [[crepō]] [[creak]], Lith. <b class="b2">skrebù</b>, <b class="b2">-ė́ti</b> [[rustle]] Russ. <b class="b2">kropotátь</b> [[growl]]. [Gr. β cannot be due to the preceding nasal, as per Schwyzer 333]. - Pok. 569f. - The IE etym. does no explain the nasal; it rather points to a non-IE word, so poss. Pre-Greek; a word of this meaning can easily be a loan word.