σιαγών: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[jawbone]], [[jaw]], [[cheek]] (Hp., Att., Arist., LXX, NT); <b class="b3">-όνιον</b> n. [[region of the jaw]], [[cheek piece]] (Hp., LXX, Ath. Mech.); <b class="b3">-ονίτης μῦς</b> [[jaw muscle]] (Alex. Trall. a. o.; Redard 101).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">σιη-</b> (<b class="b3">σεα-</b>, <b class="b3">συα-</b> late pap. a. o.), <b class="b3">-όνος</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Popular word beside the much more usu. [[γνάθος]]. By Fick BB 26, 115, semant. attractive, connected with [[ψίομαι]] [[chew]], which supposed a transition <b class="b3">ψ-</b> > <b class="b3">σ-</b> (sporad. instances in Schwyzer 329). On the formation nothing certain can be said (cf. [[ψιάζω]], <b class="b3">ψίακα ψακάδα</b> H.?); ending as in [[λαγών]], [[κενεών]], [[πυγών]], [[ἀγκών]] and other names of bodyparts. -- I proposed a Pre-Greek origin <b class="b2">*syag-</b> giving <b class="b3">σιαγ-</b> (FS Kortlandt); an IE basic form is hardly possible.