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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (gender after <b class="b3">βοέη</b>, <b class="b3">αἰγέη</b> a.o.).<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the skin of man and animal, the hide, espec. the cow skin, cow hide, shield made of cow hide</b> (ep. Il.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 314f. against Bechtel Dial. 3, 19f.).<br />Other forms: rarely m. (Nic., Opp.) and <b class="b3">-όν</b> n. (after <b class="b3">δέρμα</b>, <b class="b3">σκῦτος</b>). <b class="b3">γρῖνος δέρμα</b> H.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[wirino]] \/<b class="b2">wrinós</b>\/, adj. [[wirinjeo]].<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ῥινο-τόρος</b> <b class="b2">shield-piercing</b>, adjunct of Ares (Φ 392 a.o.), of the <b class="b3">θύρσος</b> (Nonn.); <b class="b3">ταλαύρινος</b> (= <b class="b3">ταλά-Ϝρινος</b>) <b class="b2">shield-bearing</b> ('shield-enduring' [because of the weight?]; Richardson Hermathena 55, 87ff.; to be rejected Stanford ibd. 54, 121 ff.); usu. attribute to <b class="b3">πολεμιστής</b> as des. of Ares (Il.); on the history and explanation of the expression a hypothesis by Leumann Hom. Wörter 196 ff.; on this Trümpy Fachausdrücke 38 w. Nachtr.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">γρίντης</b> (= <b class="b3">Ϝρίντης</b>) <b class="b3">βυρσεύς</b> H. (formation prob. after the primary <b class="b3">ξάντης</b>, <b class="b3">ὑφάντης</b> a.o.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The notation <b class="b3">γρῖνος δέρμα</b> H. (Aeol.; <b class="b3">γρινός</b> Hdn. Gr.) confirms <b class="b3">Ϝρινός</b>, which is also seen in <b class="b3">ταλαύρινος</b>, which was connected with th same verb as <b class="b3">ῥίνη</b> (s.v.); so prop. "das Abreissen", resp. "die abgerissene Haut" like <b class="b3">δέρμα</b> from <b class="b3">δέρω</b> (to which a.o. Skt. <b class="b2">dīrṇá-</b> <b class="b2">torn up</b> with <b class="b2">n-</b>suffix like <b class="b3">Ϝρι-νός</b>). -- The Germanic long [[i]] derived from <b class="b2">-ei-</b> (cf. Goth. [[writs]] with short [[i]]), but this is impossible for the Greek form (the case is different with <b class="b3">δέρμα</b>, as <b class="b3">δέρω</b> means [[flay]], but <b class="b2">*u̯rei-(d-</b>) means rather [[scratch]]. So the etymology must be rejected. The word could be Pre-Greek.