χέω + ἕλκω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
χεῖλος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kheilos
English translation (word)
lip
Transliteration (Etymon)
kheō + helkō
English translation (etymon)
to pour + to draw
Century
5 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, chi, p. 163
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Χείλη. τὰ θυροῦντα τὸ στόμα, καὶ οἷον ἐχίλη, τὰ καλύπτοντα καὶ συνέχοντα τοὺς ὀδόντας· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ δι’ αὐτῶν τὸν χιλὸν, τουτέστι τὴν τροφὴν λαμβάνειν· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτὰ κεχύσθαι καὶ μαλακὰ. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλκειν τὸ κεχυμένον ποτόν.
Translation (En)
Kheilē "lips": the ones closing (thuroûnta) the mouth, and as though *ekhilē, the ones covering and containing the teeth. Or from the fact that we take (lambanein) the khilon, that is, food through them. Or from the fact they are lax (kekhusthai) and soft. Or from the fact that they draw (helkein) the poured (kekhumenon) drink.
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has χείλι
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, describing the move of the lips when one is drinking. It implies heavy formal manipulations.