βάλανος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">acorn, fruit like -, date</b>, and objects like -, i. e. [[stopper]]; also name of a fish (Od.).<br />Derivatives: [[βαλάνιον]] [[acorn-drink]] (Nicoch.), [[Stuhlzäpfchen]] (Mediz.), [[βαλανίς]] [[stopper]] (Hp., pap.), [[βαλανῖτις]] [[kind of chestnut]] (Redard, Noms grec en <b class="b3">-της</b> 53 and 70). [[βαλανωτός]] <b class="b2">fastened with a β.</b> (Parm.), [[βαλανώδης]], [[βαλάνινος]] [[made of dates]] (Thphr.), [[βαλανηρός]] [[like a -]] (Thphr.). Verbs: 1. [[βαλανίζω]] [[shake off - ]] (AP, Zen.), [[administer a suppository]] (Hp.); 2. [[βαλανόω]] [[fasten with -]] (Ar.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [472] <b class="b2">*gʷlh₂-</b> [[acorn]]<br />Etymology: Old IE word. Nearest is Arm. [[kaɫin]], gen. [[kaɫnoy]] [[acorn]] with suffix [[-eno-]], but <b class="b2">*gʷl̥h₂-eno-</b> ( > [[βάλανος]]) would give [[-an-]] also in Arm. (so analog.); with dental suffix Lat. [[glans]], [[-ndis]] (<b class="b2">*gʷlh₂-nd-</b>), Russ.-ksl. [[želudь]] (< <b class="b2">*zelǫdь</b> < <b class="b2">*gʷlh₂-and-</b>), Alb. [[lênd]] m., Tosc. [[lëndë]] f. [[acorn]]. A different formation in Baltic, e. g. Lith. [[gìlė]] < <b class="b2">*gʷl̥h₂-ii̯a</b> [[acorn]]. - Not to [[βάλλω]] which has [[h₁]].