γῆρυς: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[voice]], [[speech]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. [[γᾶρυς]], <b class="b3">-υος</b><br />Derivatives: [[γηρύω]], [[γαρύω]] [[sing]], [[speak]] (h. Merc.), [[γήρυμα]] (A.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [352] <b class="b2">*geh₂ru-</b> [[voice]], [[sound]]<br />Etymology: Comparable forms are found in Celtic and Germanic. However, these have often a short vowel: from Germanic one cites Goth. [[kara]] f. [[care]], [[solicitude]] and OE [[cearu]] f. <b class="b2">id.</b>, OHG [[chara]] f. <b class="b2">lament(ation)</b>; OIr. [[ad-gair]] < <b class="b2">*gar-et</b>. (But LIV 142 reconstructs <b class="b2">*gr̥-i̯e-)</b>. Further there are forms with <b class="b2">-rr-</b>: Lat. [[garrio]], with which Gr. [[γαρριώμεθα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]; hardly with expressive gemination) is connected. For [[γῆρυς]] one assumes lengthened grade, but this is quite improbable in PIE (especially in the case of [[a]]); it is evident to reconstruct <b class="b2">*geh₂r-</b>. But one cites OIr. [[gāir]] f. [[cry]], Welsh [[gawr]] [[crying]], [[battle]]. Perhaps the group must be split (in this way also LIV, for semantic reasons); a reconstruction <b class="b2">*ǵar-</b> is impossible, as PIE did not have an [[a]].