δεόντως + ἁδρύνω
Word
Validation
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Word-form
δένδρον
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
dendron
English translation (word)
tree
Transliteration (Etymon)
hadrunō
English translation (etymon)
to ripen
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 345
Ed.
E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965)
Quotation
Δένδρον· παρὰ τὸ δεόντως ἱδρῦσθαι ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἁδρύνεσθαι
Translation (En)
Dendron "tree": from "to be properly (deontōs) seated (hidrusthai)", or from "to ripen (hadrunesthai) <properly>"
Parallels
There is no parallel
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
This seems to be a compositional etymology in which the first member of the compound is identical in the two etymologies suggested, δεόντως + ἱδρύω and <δεόντως> + ἁδρύνω: as a consequence, the copyist did not repeat δεόντως for the second etymology, but provided only the second member, different from the first etymology. The etymology alludes to the growth of the tree and of the fruits it bears.