κάρα + τείνω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κέρατα
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
keras
English translation (word)
horn
Transliteration (Etymon)
kara + teinō
English translation (etymon)
head + to extend
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym Gudianum, kappa, p. 315
Ed.
F. Sturz, Etymologicum Graecae linguae Gudianum et alia grammaticorum scripta e codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum edita, Leipzig: Weigel, 1818
Quotation
Κέρατα, διὰ τὸ εἰς τὴν κάραν τείνεσθαι.
Translation (En)
Kerata "horns": because they extend (teinesthai) over the head (karan)
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Κέρας belongs with κάρα, both are derived from a PIE *kerh2 -s- meaning "head" (Beekes)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG has κέρας as a learned word, the usual word is κέρατο
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology designed to account for the t-inflection. In the plural, -τα was identified as the zero grade of τείνω (to put it in modern terme) found in τατός, τάσις, ἐτάθην etc.