δεόντως + ἱδρύω
Word
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Word-form
δένδρον
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
dendron
English translation (word)
tree
Transliteration (Etymon)
deontōs + hidruō
English translation (etymon)
properly + to seat
Century
5 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Vat. gr. 1456) 77
Ed.
A.M. Micciarelli Collesi, "Nuovi `excerpta' dall' `etimologico' di Orione," Byzantion 40 (1970): 521-542
Quotation
Δένδρον: διὰ τὸ δεόντως ἱδρῦσθαι.
Translation (En)
Dendron "tree": because it is properly (deontōs) seated (hidrûsthai)
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum (Excerpta e cod. regio 2610), p. 177 (Δένδρον· διὰ τὸ δεόντως ἵδρασθαι); Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 345 (Δένδρον· παρὰ τὸ δεόντως ἱδρῦσθαι ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἁδρύνεσθαι)
Modern etymology
Δένδρον is a reduplicated form of the old IE noun for *tree" found in δόρυ "tree, trunk, beam", δρῦς "oak", Ved. dā́ru- "tree", Goth. triu "tree" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG has δέντρο. The Ancient Greek form δενδρο- is still found in learned compounds
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology relying on the observation that the tree is rooted in the ground, hence "well seated", "with proper foundations". A syncope is required in δεον- > δεν-, and the initial /I/ of ἱδρύω is dropped.