θρόμβος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[clump]], [[curd]], [[especially of blood]] (IA).<br />Derivatives: [[θρομβίον]] (Dsc.), [[θρομβήϊον]] (Nic.), [[θρομβώδης]] [[full of clumps]] (IA), [[θρομβόομαι]] <b class="b2">form θ., congeal</b> with [[θρόμβωσις]] [[curdling]], [[thrombosis]] (medic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: With [[θρόμβος]] agrees NIcel. [[drambr]] m. [[knag]], [[knot]], IE <b class="b2">*dhrómbhos</b> if one assumes deaspiration after nasal in Greek (Schwyzer 333) but this did not occur ([[ἀμφι]]; cf. on [[θάμβος]] ), Porzig Satzinhalte 256, 316. A direct connection is however "höchst fraglich" (Frisk), as [[drambr]] belongs to an expressive Nordic wordgroup (e.g, OWNo. <b class="b2">trē-drumbr</b> m. [[stump of a tree]], [[dramb]] n. [[resplendent presumption]] a. o.). Baltic too has several comparable words, which are however semantically deviant, as Lith. <b class="b2">dramblỹs</b>, <b class="b2">dremblỹs</b> [[fat belly]], Latv. <b class="b2">dram̃blis</b> [[glutton]], s. Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. <b class="b2">drìbti</b>. - Inside Geek one generally connects [[θρόμβος]] with [[τρέφειν]] as [[make congeal]], med. [[τρέφεσθαι]], aor. 2 [[τραφεῖν]] [[congeal]]; [[θρόμβος]] then "curdled mass". The verb however in Greek got the special meaning [[make thick]], [[feed]] and has its proper development (s. v.) - So there is no convincing IE etymology, and the word will rather be of Pre-Greek origin (undecided Fur. 274); note that <b class="b3">-μβ-</b> cannot represent <b class="b2">-mbh-</b> (Schwyzer is unconvincing, cf. [[ἀμφί]], [[ὀμφαλός]]).