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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m. (f.)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">quiver, which also was a bow-case</b> (φ 54).<br />Other forms: Hesychius' [[χωρυτός]] will be due to ancient etymology, as appears from Ap. Soph. (<b class="b3">παρὰ τὸ</b> ...[[χωρεῖν]]). [[γορυτός]] H. may be just a mistake.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.<br />Etymology: Acc. to Benveniste Mélanges Boisacq 1, 42ff. a Scythian LW [loanword] (cf. on [[τόξον]]), containing the old word for [[cow]] (s. [[βοῦς]]), iran. <b class="b3">Γω-</b> in <b class="b3">Γω-βάρης</b> etc., and an unknown second member, perhaps to NPers. [[rūda]] [[intestine]]; B. makes of this [[cow-hide]] and from there something made of leather, but this is not allowed. Cf. Morgenstierne KZ 61, 29f. As another meaning than [[cow-hide]] seems hardly possible, the first element is prob. not | |etymtx=Grammatical information: m. (f.)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">quiver, which also was a bow-case</b> (φ 54).<br />Other forms: Hesychius' [[χωρυτός]] will be due to ancient etymology, as appears from Ap. Soph. (<b class="b3">παρὰ τὸ</b> ...[[χωρεῖν]]). [[γορυτός]] H. may be just a mistake.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.<br />Etymology: Acc. to Benveniste Mélanges Boisacq 1, 42ff. a Scythian LW [loanword] (cf. on [[τόξον]]), containing the old word for [[cow]] (s. [[βοῦς]]), iran. <b class="b3">Γω-</b> in <b class="b3">Γω-βάρης</b> etc., and an unknown second member, perhaps to NPers. [[rūda]] [[intestine]]; B. makes of this [[cow-hide]] and from there something made of leather, but this is not allowed. Cf. Morgenstierne KZ 61, 29f. As another meaning than [[cow-hide]] seems hardly possible, the first element is prob. not [[cow-]]. - Lubotsky suggests to me that it may come from <b class="b2">*varutra-</b> [[something that protects]] (Skt. [[varutar-]]). [[v-]] often becomes [[g-]] in later Iranian; the pronunciation may already have resembled <b class="b2">g(w)-</b> for the Greeks; [[-va-]] > [[o]] is trivial; note that this etym. explains the long [[u]]. | ||
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