δαίω1
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
αἴθω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
aithō
English translation (word)
to kindle
Transliteration (Etymon)
daiō
English translation (etymon)
to kindle
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 33
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
Αἴθω: [Τὸ καίω] ἐκ τοῦ δαίω τὸ καίω, ὑπερβιβασμῷ αἴδω, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ δέλτα εἰς θῆτα, αἴθω.
Translation (En)
Aithō "to kindle": from daiō "to kindle", by transposition *aidō, and by change of /d/ into /th/ aithō
Parallels
Etym. Symenonis, vol. 1, p. 136 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 32 (Αἰθιοπία: Παρὰ τὸ αἰθίοψ. Τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ αἴθω· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ δαίω τὸ καίω ἐστὶν κατὰ τροπήν)
Modern etymology
PIE root *h2eidh- "to kindle", cognate with Skt édha- "firewood", inddhé "to indre", Lat. aedēs "dwelling place" (orig. "hearth") (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has the derivative αιθέρας and several compounds, but the verb is lost
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology implying two formal changes. Since the etymon and the lemma are synonyms, the etymology is reversible (see δαίω1 / αἴθω)