φυτόν + θέσις
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Πυθμήν. φυτοθεμὴν ἐστὶ, οἷον ἡ τοῦ φυτοῦ θέσις, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ φ εἰς π, πυθμήν.
Translation (En)
Puthmēn "bottom": *phutothemēn, as though it were "setting of the plant" (phutou thesis) and, with change of [ph] into [p], puthmēn
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Et. Genuinum, [Vat. gr. 1818, f.257r, ll.6-8] (Πυθμήν: Φυτοθεμήν τις ἐστὶν, οἷον τοῦ φυτοῦ θέσις· φυθμὴν καὶ πυθμήν. Οὕτως Ὦρος. Ὁ δὲ Θεόγνωτος, ἀπὸ κεύθω, τὸ κρύπτω, κευθὴν καὶ κυθήν· πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ καὶ τροπῇ, πυθμὴν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p.696, 31 (Πυθμήν: Φυτοθεμήν τις ἐστὶν, οἷον τοῦ φυτοῦ θέσις· φυθμὴν καὶ πυθμήν. Οὕτως Ὦρος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ φύω φύσω φυθμήν· καὶ σημαίνει δὲ τὸν κοῖλον τόπον. Ὁ δὲ Θεόγνωτος, παρὰ τὸ κεύθω, τὸ κρύπτω, κευθὴν καὶ κυθήν· πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ καὶ τροπῇ, πυθμὴν, βαθυπυθμὴν, ἀπυθμήν. Τὸ υ, ψιλόν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, p.1594, 7 (Πυθμήν. γένεσις, ἀρχὴ, ῥίζα, ἢ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ βάθους. φυτοθεμὴν τίς ἐστιν, οἷον τοῦ φυτοῦ θέσις, φυθμὴν καὶ πυθμήν. οὕτως Ὦρος ὁ Μιλήσιος. ὁ δὲ Θεόγνωστος παρὰ τὸ κεύθω, τὸ κρύπτω, κευθὴν καὶ κυθμὴν πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ κ εἰς π πυθμήν)
Comment
Compositional etymology. It was designed to explain a derived meaning of πυθμήν "root" of a plant, hence the etymon φυτόν.