νέφος + ἵημι
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
νιφετός
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
niphetos
English translation (word)
falling snow
Transliteration (Etymon)
nephos + hiēmi
English translation (etymon)
cloud + to throw
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologica nominum 87
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
πρὸς γῆν νιφετὸς δ’ ἵεταί πως ἐκ νέφους
Translation (En)
Toward the earth the snow (niphetos) is thrown (hietai) from the cloud (ek nephous)
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Derivative of *sneigwh- "to snow", also found in νείφω
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology. The second member of the compound is identified as the verbal adjective of ἵημι. A change of the first vowel is required, *νεφ-ετος → νιφετός. The fact that compounds with verbal adjective as their second member are not oxytone is not taken into account.