παχύς

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πῆχυς

Transliteration (Word)

pēkhus

English translation (word)

elbow, arm

Transliteration (Etymon)

pakhus

English translation (etymon)

thick

Author

Joannes Mauropus

Century

11 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Etymologica nominum 219

Ed.

R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901

Quotation

παχὺς δὲ πῆχυς συγκρίσει τῆς συζύγου 

Translation (En)

The forearm (pēkhus) is thick (pakhus) compared to the <bone> with which it is paired

Comment

Derivational etymology implying only one formal change, from [a] to [ē]. It is a descriptive etymology: here πῆχυς refers to the thicker bone of the forearm

Parallels

There is no parallel

Modern etymology

Inherited name of the arm, cognate with Ved. bāhú- "arm", Av. bāzu-, PIE *bheh2hu-. Isolated within Greek (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG has πήχης "forearm", "cubit"

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