ἐρέβινθος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[chick-pea]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: Deminut. [[ἐρεβίνθιον]] (pap.) and [[ἐρεβινθώδης]] (Thphr.), [[ἐρεβίνθειος]] (Zen.), [[ἐρεβινθιαῖος]] (Dsk.), [[ἐρεβίνθινος]] (H., Phot., Suid.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eastmediterr.?<br />Etymology: To [[ὄροβος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (s. v.) with the Pre-Greek suffix <b class="b3">-ινθος</b> (Schwyzer 526, Chantraine Formation 370; s. also Kretschmer Glotta 30, 133). Further to Lat. [[ervum]] a kind of [[vetch]], with which some Celtic and Germanic words for <b class="b2">pea etc.</b> are compared: OHG araweiz, arwiz [[pea]], MIr. orbaind [[grain]]. The word may come from the eastern Mediterranean area, s. W.-Hofmann [[ervum]]. Cf. also (<b class="b3">-ινθος</b> < <b class="b3">*-ιθος</b> to <b class="b2">-weiz</b> in ara-weiz?) Kuiper <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 217f., Deroy Glotta 35, 180ff. - Skt. <b class="b2">aravinda-</b> n. [[lotus]] flower does not belong here; cf. Mayrhofer Wb. s. v.