αἰγανέη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[hunting spear]], [[javelin]] (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For the suffix cf. the names of trees and animal skins in <b class="b3">-έη</b>, <b class="b3">-έα</b>, [[μηλέη]], [[πτελέη]], [[κυνέη]] usw. (Chantr. Form. 91f.). If named after the material, one compares [[oak]] PGm. <b class="b2">*aik-</b>, PIE <b class="b2">*aig-</b>, supposed also in [[αἰγίλωψ]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) and Lat. [[aesculus]]; Schrader KZ 30, 461f. Trümpy Krieger. Fachausdrücke 52, 57 explains that it was thrown by a strap; further Vretska Gymnasium 61, 1954, 419. On that basis, Laser Gymnasium 60 (1953) 115-121 connects it with PIE <b class="b2">*h₂eig-</b> <b class="b2">move (oneself)</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">éjati</b>, for which <b class="b3">αἶγες κύματα</b> (s. [[αἴξ]]) is compared. Improbable; if <b class="b2">ej-</b> belongs to <b class="b2">iṅg-</b> (EWAia I\/264), the root had a labio-velar, which makes the connection impossible. To [[αἰχμή]] Bechtel Lex.