χεῖλος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
χιλός
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
khilos
English translation (word)
fodder
Transliteration (Etymon)
kheilos
English translation (etymon)
lip
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum, chi, p. 566
Ed.
F. Sturz, Etymologicum Graecae linguae Gudianum et alia grammaticorum scripta e codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum edita, Leipzig: Weigel, 1818
Quotation
ἐκ δὲ τοῦ χεῖλος γίνεται χιλὸς ἡ τροφὴ, ἡ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσι διδομένη
Translation (En)
From kheilos "lip" comes khilos "fodder", the one given in the lips
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on the near homophony of the two words in a iotacizing pronunciation. The semantic relation between lemma and etymon is metonymic. The etymology is reversible (see χεῖλος / χιλός)