χεῖμα
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
χειμών
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kheimōn
English translation (word)
winter
Transliteration (Etymon)
kheima
English translation (etymon)
bad weather, winter
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Canones sive De orthographia
Ed.
J. A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963)
Quotation
Τὸ χειμὼν γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ χέω ῥήματος, οὗ ὁ μέλλων χεύσω, ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα χεῖμα τροπῇ τοῦ υ εἰς ι, ἀφ’ οὗ χειμών·
Translation (En)
Kheimōn "winter" comes from the verb kheō "to pour", the future of which is kheusō, the verbal noun kheima "bad weather", by change of /u/ into /I/, from which comes kheimōn
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 810 (Χειμών: […] Ἀπὸ τοῦ χέω (οὗ ὁ μέλλων χεύσω) γίνεται χεῦμα, ὥσπερ πνέω πνεύσω, πνεῦμα· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ υ εἰς ι, γίνεται χεῖμα· ἀφ’ οὗ χειμών); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, khi, p. 1846 (Χειμών. ἡ τοῦ κρύους ἀκμή. ἀπὸ τοῦ χέω, χεύσω, ῥῆμα ὄνομα χεῦμα, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ υ εἰς ι χειμών)
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 etymology, involving an intermediate step between χειμών and χέω, namely the neuter χεῖμα. See the shorter wording χειμών / χέω