χέω
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
χειμών
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kheimōn
English translation (word)
winter
Transliteration (Etymon)
kheō
English translation (etymon)
to pour
Century
2 AD
Reference
De orthographia, Lentz III/2, p. 604
Edition
A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci, vol. 3/2, Leipzig, 1870
Source
Choeroboscus
Ref.
De orthographia (epitome), p. 728
Ed.
J. A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963)
Quotation
Χείμων: ει δίφθογγος παρὰ τὸ χέω
Translation (En)
Kheimōn "winter". (with) diphthong /ei/, from kheō "to pour"
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, khi, p. 563 (Χειμὼν, παρὰ τὸ χέω, ὁ ἐν τῇ γῇ χεόμενος); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 391 (ἐκ τοῦ χέειν γὰρ ἡ χιών, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ χειμών, [εἰ καὶ ὁ μὲν χειμὼν εὐλόγως φυλάξας τὸ ε τοῦ θέματος προσέλαβε τὸ ι, ἡ δὲ χιὼν κατ’ ἄλλην ἀναλογίαν ἐξέπεσε τοῦ θεματικοῦ ε)
Modern etymology
Inherited name of the winter, belongs with χιών "snow". PIE *g̑hhim-, with cognates in most IE languages (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has χειμώνας "winter"
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology. The name of the season is etymologized after one of its characteristic features, namely, that it is the rainy season. This is a shorter version of the etymology, the fuller version is χέω → χεῖμα → χειμών (see χειμών / χεῖμα)