τρέχω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
θρίξ
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
thrix
English translation (word)
hair
Transliteration (Etymon)
trekhō
English translation (etymon)
to run
Century
9 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Canones sive De orthographia 481
Ed.
J. A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963)
Quotation
τὸ δὲ θρὶξ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θερίζω Δωρικῶς θέριξ, καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ θρίξ. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ τρέχω τρέξω, καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν τρὶξ, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ
Translation (En)
Thrix "hair" comes from therizō "to reap", Doric <future> therix<ō>, and by syncope thrix. Or from trekhō "to run", threxō, and by syncope *trix, and by change of the [t] into [th] <thrix>
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, theta, p. 265 (idem)
Modern etymology
Isolated within Greek. Maybe cognate with Lith. drikà "thread, with a variation of the last consonant of the root comparable to cases like *steib(h)/p-, despite Beekes' skepticism
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has τρίχα (from the non-nominative stem of Ancient Greek τριχ-)
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, relying on the formal similarity because of the dissimilation of aspirate consonants τρ-χ- ~ θρ-ξ-. This implies a change of the vowel. The growth of hair is metaphorically presented as a motion.