αἴθω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δαίω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
daiō
English translation (word)
to kindle
Transliteration (Etymon)
aithō
English translation (etymon)
to kindle
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 250
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
Δαίω […] Καίω, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ κ εἰς δ, δαίω. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴθω, τροπῇ καὶ ὑπερθέσει.
Translation (En)
Daiō "to kindle" […] Kaiō "to kindle", and by change of /k/ into /d/, daiō. Or from aithō "to kindle", by change and transposition
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Δαίω, δέδηα belong with θεσπι-δᾱές "extraordinarily burning", δάος, δαΐς "torch". PIE root *deh2u- "to burn" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology deriving the verb from a synonym verb that has a diphthong, too. Since the two verbs are synonyms, the etymology is reversible (see αἴθω / δαίω)