κρόσσαι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. pl.<br />Meaning: [[stepped copings of parapets]] (M 258, 444), [[courses]], [[steps of the pyramids]] (Hdt. 2, 125); <b class="b3">πρό-κροσσοι</b> [[ranged in rows]], [[ranks]] (Ξ 35, Hdt.).<br />Compounds: [[κροσσοί]] m. pl. [[tassels]], [[fringe]] (Gal., Poll., H.); <b class="b3">δί-κροσσος</b> [[double bordered]] (Poll., EM) mit [[δικρόσσια]] n. pl. (Peripl. M. Rubr.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[κροσσίον]] (Hdn.); also as plant-name (Ps.-Dsc.); also [[κροσσωτός]] [[with fringes]] (LXX, Lyc., Plu.), [[with steps]] (Lyc. 291?; [[varia lectio|v.l.]] <b class="b3">κορσ-</b>).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Technical expression of unknown origin. Since Bezzenberger BB 12, 239 and Trautmann Balt.-slav. Wb. 139 [[κρόσσαι]] from <b class="b3">*κροκ-ι̯αι</b> is connected with some Balto-Slavic words for [[bar]], [[rod]], [[rafters]], e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">krãkė</b> [[rod]], [[staff]] (formally = [[κρόσσα]]), <b class="b2">krẽklas</b> [[rafters]], Russ. <b class="b2">krókva</b> [[bar]], [[club]], [[rafters]] (old <b class="b2">u-</b>stem); MHG [[ragen]] [[rise up]], [[stand out]] (Zupitza Die germ. Gutt. 122) can be explained in diff. ways. More forms in Pok. 619, Fraenkel Wb. and Vasmer Wb. s. vv. - Compared with the rare and late <b class="b3">κροσσοί κροσσωτός</b>, which seems derived from it, is attested much earlier and better. It is therefore suggested that [[κροσσωτός]] (and [[δίκροσσοι]] with [[δικρόσσια]]?) were formed to [[κρόσσαι]] (after [[θυσανωτός]]; cf. also [[κνισωτός]] : [[κνίση]] etc.) with transfer from architecture to tailor-work; from there again as backformation the formally difficult [[κροσσοί]]. Or comes the expression originally from weaving, to [[κρόξ]], <b class="b3">κρόκ-η</b> [[woof-thread]] (s. [[κρέκω]])? - Fur. 257 connects [[κόρση]] (?).