γῆ + ὁράω
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
γέρανος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
geranos
English translation (word)
crane
Transliteration (Etymon)
gē + horaō
English translation (etymon)
earth + look
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum gamma p. 306
Ed.
E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920
Quotation
Γέρανος· ὅτι τὴν γῆν ἐρᾷ, ἢ κατὰ τὴν γῆν ὁρᾷ
Translation (En)
Geranos "crane": because it loves (erāi) the earth (gēn), or looks (horāi) onto the ground (gēn)
Modern etymology
Γέρανος is the inherited Indo-European word for "crane", cognate with Engl. crane, Gaul. tri-garanos "with three cranes" and Lat. grūs (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
The word is still used in Modern Greek as the name of the bird and as the name of the machine
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Descriptive etymology. As all the other etymologies of "crane", this one parses the word as a compound of γἢ "earth".