γαμψός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[curved]], [[crooked]] (Ar.)<br />Compounds: [[γαμψῶνυξ]] (Il.), [[γαμψώνυχος]] (Epich.) <b class="b2">w. curved claws</b>.<br />Derivatives: [[γαμψόομαι]] (Arist.), [[γαμψωλή]] (H.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: It seems evident to connect [[γνάμπτω]] (q. v.). The absence of the <b class="b3">-ν-</b> was explained as dissimilation, if [[γαμψός]] is a backformation from <b class="b3">γαμψώνυχ(ο</b>)- (Leumann Hom. Wörter 156); this is improbable and must be rejected. (It is an explanation to avoid certain conclusions; we should rather explain these conclusions). Nor a contamination of [[γνάμπτω]] and [[κάμπτω]] (Güntert Reimwortbildungen 115f.). I think we rather have to connect (a variant of) [[κάμπτω]]. Also, the question remains about the relation between [[κάμπτω]] and [[γνάμπτω]]. I think all these words are Pre-Greek; s.vv.