σκαλμός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[thole]] (h. Hom., A., E., Arist., Plb.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">-μίδιον</b> n. (Com. Adesp.). Besides <b class="b3">σκάλμη</b> f. [[short sword]], [[knife]] (S. Fr. 620, after H. = <b class="b3">μάχαιρα Θρᾳκία</b>).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [923] <b class="b2">*skel(H)-</b> [[cut]]<br />Etymology: A quite close agreement is found in Germ. in a des. of diff. split or cut objects: OWNo. [[skalm]] f. <b class="b2">tooth of a fork, pod of a fruit, short sword</b>, Swed. [[skalm]] f., <b class="b2">arm of a fork etc.</b>, LGerm. [[schalm]] <b class="b2">thin strip of wood</b>, OHG [[scalm]] [[boat]], PGm. <b class="b2">*skal-ma</b> \/ <b class="b2">ō-</b>, IE <b class="b2">*skol-mo</b> \/ <b class="b2">ā-</b>. Besides without anl. <b class="b2">s-</b> e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">kélmas</b> <b class="b2">stump of a tree, stem</b> (further in Fraenkel s. v.). The for <b class="b3">σκαλμός</b>, <b class="b3">-μη</b> required zero grade was formed after <b class="b3">σκάλλω</b>, and with an original sense of [[split]] v. t. The special meaning [[thole]] is a Greek innovation (cf. Chantraine Étrennes Benveniste 6). -- Did <b class="b2">*skl̥mo-</b> give <b class="b3">σκαλμο-</b> (one could expect <b class="b3">*σκλαμο-</b>?); esp. the Thrac. word is uncertain. Cf. the end of <b class="b3">σκάλλω</b>, where Frisk assumes a form independent of this verb, which is rather vague.