κυβερνάω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[steer]], metaph. [[govern]], [[rule]] ( γ 283)<br />Other forms: aor. [[κυβερνῆσαι]], Cypr. inf. [[κυμερῆναι]]; Aeol. [[κυμερνήτης]]<br />Compounds: also with prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">δια-</b>.<br />Derivatives: [[κυβερνητήρ]], Dor. <b class="b3">-ατήρ</b> m. [[cocxwain]] (θ 557, Pi.) with f. <b class="b3">-ήτειρα</b> (AP, Nonn.) and <b class="b3">-ητήριος</b> (Orac. ap. Plu.); [[κυβερνήτης]] (Aeol. [[κυμερνήτης]] [<b class="b3">-άτας</b>] after EM 543, 3) <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.) with f. <b class="b3">-ῆτις</b> (pap.) and <b class="b3">-ήσια</b> n. pl. [[festival in memory of the steersmen of Theseus]], [[Athens]] (Plu.); [[κυβέρνησις]], <b class="b3">-ασις</b> [[steering]], [[government]] (Pi., Pl.); [[κυβερνητικός]] [[belonging to]], [[apt to steering]] (Pl.); [[κυβερνισμός]] = [[κυβέρνησις]] (Aq.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Given Cypr. [[κυμερῆναι]] the form [[κυβερνάω]] might be due to dissimilation <b class="b3">μ-ν</b> > <b class="b3">β-ν</b> (Lejeune Traite de phon. 131). Thus Neumann KZ 100 (1987) 64-69, HS 105 (1992) 188 and Kadmos 13 (1974) 146-155. "aber das Wort bleibt sowieso isoliert." (Frisk). The comparison with Skt. <b class="b2">kūbara-</b>, <b class="b2">-rī́</b> [[pole]] and with Lith. [[kumbras]] [[grip on the steering oar]], [[kumbryti]] [[steer]] is to be given up, s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v. and Fraenkel Wb. s. <b class="b2">kumbrỹs</b>. So foreign origin is probable, s. Fohalle Mél. Vendryes 157ff., Kretschmer Glotta 16, 166, Hermann Gött. Nachr. 1943, 2 f., Schwyzer 62, Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. grec. 11. Further Bq. The group <b class="b3">-ρν-</b> is typical for non-IE material. - From [[κυβερνάω]] as LW [loanword] Lat. [[gubernō]], s. W.-Hofmann s. v. Beekes xx Neumann