λαμβάνω + ἑτοῖμος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λαιμός
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
laimos
English translation (word)
throat
Transliteration (Etymon)
lambanō + hetoimos
English translation (etymon)
to take + ready
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologica nominum 197
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
λαιμὸς λαβεῖν ἕτοιμος, εἰ μόνον δίδως
Translation (En)
The throat (laimos) is ready (hetoimos) to take (labeîn), provided you give
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has λαιμός "throat, neck"
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology in which the beginning of the first member λα- and the end of the second -ιμος one are kept, everything in between being dropped. The wording keeps the relative order of the two members. The etymology relies on the fact that the throat or gullet cannot take anything by itself but willingly receives the given food.