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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[tunny-fish]] (Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 62, A. Pers. 424, Arist.). Fem. <b class="b3">*θύννα</b> or <b class="b3">*-η</b>, gen. <b class="b3">-ης</b> with <b class="b3">-ίς</b>, <b class="b3">-άς</b> (Com.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">θυννο-σκόπος</b> [[watch for tunnies]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-έω</b> (Ar.) with <b class="b3">-ία</b>, <b class="b3">-εῖον</b> (Str.). -<br />Derivatives: [[θύνναξ]], <b class="b3">-ακος</b> m. (Com.; affective formation, Björck Alpha impurum 62); [[θυννίτης]] [[tunny-fisher]] (inscr. Varna; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 39), [[θύννειος]], [[θυνναῖος]] [[of tunny]] (Ar.), [[θυννώδης]] [[tunny-like]] (Luc.), [[θυννεῖα]] pl. n. [[tunny-fishing]] (Troizen), [[θυννευτικός]] [[belonging to tunny-fishing]] (Luc.; as from <b class="b3">*θυννεύω</b>, cf. also [[ἁλιευτικός]] a. o.); denomin. verbs [[θυννάζω]] [[catch tunny]] (Ar.), also <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> (Suid.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Mediterranean word, often compared with Hebr. [[tannīn]] | |etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[tunny-fish]] (Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 62, A. Pers. 424, Arist.). Fem. <b class="b3">*θύννα</b> or <b class="b3">*-η</b>, gen. <b class="b3">-ης</b> with <b class="b3">-ίς</b>, <b class="b3">-άς</b> (Com.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">θυννο-σκόπος</b> [[watch for tunnies]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-έω</b> (Ar.) with <b class="b3">-ία</b>, <b class="b3">-εῖον</b> (Str.). -<br />Derivatives: [[θύνναξ]], <b class="b3">-ακος</b> m. (Com.; affective formation, Björck Alpha impurum 62); [[θυννίτης]] [[tunny-fisher]] (inscr. Varna; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 39), [[θύννειος]], [[θυνναῖος]] [[of tunny]] (Ar.), [[θυννώδης]] [[tunny-like]] (Luc.), [[θυννεῖα]] pl. n. [[tunny-fishing]] (Troizen), [[θυννευτικός]] [[belonging to tunny-fishing]] (Luc.; as from <b class="b3">*θυννεύω</b>, cf. also [[ἁλιευτικός]] a. o.); denomin. verbs [[θυννάζω]] [[catch tunny]] (Ar.), also <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> (Suid.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Mediterranean word, often compared with Hebr. [[tannīn]] [[big water-animal]], [[whale]], [[shark]]; Lewy Fremdw.; "qui est loin à tous égards" comments DELG 14f. See Strömberg Fischnamen 126f., Thompson Fishes s. v., also on folketymologies ([[θύω]], [[θύνω]]). Lat. LW [loanword] [[thynnus]], [[thunnus]], from where the roman. forms. - The fem. in short <b class="b3">-α</b> rather points to Pre-Greek (s. Bq.) | ||
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