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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[sand]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: Geogr. name <b class="b3">Ήμαθίη</b> (<b class="b3">Ιλ</b>.). Place-name <b class="b3">Ἀμαθοῦς</b> on Cyprus from <b class="b3">*-οϜεντ-</b>; cf. <b class="b3">ἠμαθόεις</b> (Od.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.<br />Etymology: It is mostly assumed that <b class="b3">ψάμαθος</b> was created on <b class="b3">ἄμαθος</b> after <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b> and that <b class="b3">ἄμμος</b> is secondarily created on <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b>. Beekes 2000 [125 Jahre IDG Graz], 26 finds these assumptions far from easy. It also depends on the etymology of <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b>. - <b class="b3">ἄμαθος</b> is connected with MHG. [[sampt]] and a PIE. <b class="b2">*samǝdho-</b> reconstructed. DELG warns that the connection does not guarantee IE origin. For origin in a European substratum Kuiper, NOWELE 25 (1995) 67, because of the vocalism ([[a]] < <b class="b2">h₂(e)</b>?) and the consonantism. On possible Albanian connections Cabej Studi Pisani 1, 174f.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[sand]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: Geogr. name <b class="b3">Ήμαθίη</b> (<b class="b3">Ιλ</b>.). Place-name <b class="b3">Ἀμαθοῦς</b> on Cyprus from <b class="b3">*-οϜεντ-</b>; cf. <b class="b3">ἠμαθόεις</b> (Od.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.<br />Etymology: It is mostly assumed that <b class="b3">ψάμαθος</b> was created on <b class="b3">ἄμαθος</b> after <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b> and that <b class="b3">ἄμμος</b> is secondarily created on <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b>. Beekes 2000 [125 Jahre IDG Graz], 26 finds these assumptions far from easy. It also depends on the etymology of <b class="b3">ψάμμος</b>. - <b class="b3">ἄμαθος</b> is connected with MHG. [[sampt]] and a PIE. <b class="b2">*samǝdho-</b> reconstructed. DELG warns that the connection does not guarantee IE origin. For origin in a European substratum Kuiper, NOWELE 25 (1995) 67, because of the vocalism ([[a]] < <b class="b2">h₂(e)</b>?) and the consonantism. On possible Albanian connections Cabej Studi Pisani 1, 174f.
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|mdlsjtxt=[cf. [[ἄμμος]].]<br />[[sandy]] [[soil]], opp. to sea-[[sand]] ([[ψάμαθος]]), Il.; in pl. the links or dunes by the sea, Hhymn.
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