φέρω + νόος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
φρήν
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
phrēn
English translation (word)
mind
Transliteration (Etymon)
pherō + noos
English translation (etymon)
to carry + thought
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologica nominum 259
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
καὶ φρὴν φέρει νοῦν ὡς κάρα καὶ καρδία
Translation (En)
And the mind (phrēn) carries (pherei) the thought (noun), as the head and the heart
Parallels
Tzetzes, Exegesis in Homeri Iliadem 1.115 (φρένας· φερένας καὶ φρένας τὰς φερούσας <τὸν> νοῦν)
Modern etymology
The proper meaning is "midriff". The noun is an n-stem belonging with φράζομαι "to think". No known cognate in other IE languages (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has φρένες as a learned word in ready-made phrases (είναι έξω φρενών, δεν έχει σώας τας φρένας)
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology parsing the word as a VO compound. The etymology only retains the consonants of the etymons.