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Πήρα. ἤτοι φερά τις οὖσα. παρὰ τὸ φέρειν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ παρηρτῆσθαι. ἢ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς π. οἷον τήρα τις οὖσα, παρὰ τὸ τηρεῖν.
Translation (En)
Pēra "leathern pouch": clearly a *phera "carrying", as it were. Or from parērtēsthai "to hang alongside". Or, with change of the [t] into [p], a *tēra, as it were, from tēreîn "to guard".
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, pi, p. 466 (Πήρα, ἤτοι φέρα τὶς οὖσα, παρὰ τὸ φέρειν ἢ παρὰ τὸ παρηρτῆσθαι, ἢ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς π, οἶον τίσυρες, πίσυρες, οἷον τήρα τὶς οὖσα, παρὰ τὸ τηρεῖν, ἡ ἐν τῷ τηρεῖν εἰργασμένη); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 670 (Πήρα: Τὸ σακκοπάθνιον, ἤτοι σακκίον μικρόν· φέρα τὶς οὖσα, ἡ πρὸς τὸ φέρειν τὶ εἰργασμένη· ἐκτάσει τοῦ ε καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ φ. Ἢ ἡ πρὸς τὸ τηρεῖν καὶ φυλάττειν τὰ παρ’ αὐτῆς κατεχόμενα εἰργασμένη, τήρα τὶς οὖσα); Eustathius, Comm. Od. 2, 55 Stallbaum (γελοία δὲ αὐτὴ, εἴ περ πεποιημένη τηρεῖν τὰ ἐντὸς, ὅθεν καὶ πήρα λέγεται, ἡ δὲ εἰς πυκνὰ διέῤῥηκται); ibid., 2, 55 ( ὃ κωλύει πάντως τὴν πήραν τηρεῖν τὰ βαλλόμενα. τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἐτυμολογοῦν αὐτήν. παρὰ τὸ τηρεῖν γὰρ ἡ πήρα λέγεται γίνεσθαι); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, pi, p. 1546 (Πήρα. παρὰ τὸ τηρῶ. ἡ τὰ βαλλόμενα τηροῦσα)
Comment
Derivational etymology implying one formal change on the initial consonant. It is a functional etymology: the object is assumed to be named after its function, which is to guard its content.