δέρω
Word
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Word-form
δένδρον
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
dendron
English translation (word)
tree
Transliteration (Etymon)
derō
English translation (etymon)
to flay
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Parvum, delta 17
Ed.
R. Pintaudi, Etymologicum parvum quod vocatur [Testi e documenti per lo studio dell'antichità 42. Milan: Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino, 1973]
Quotation
Δένδρον· παρὰ τὸ δέρω, τὸ ἐκδέρω.
Translation (En)
Dendron "tree": from derō "to flay"
Parallels
Mauropus, Etymologica nominum 399 (δένδρου δὲ φλοιὸν ὡς δορὰν τέκτων δέρει)
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
Derivational etymology, the detail of which remains unclear. A reduplication is probably assumed, but this is not explicit. The tree is etymologized after the fact that it can be "flayed" like an animal, with the bark being stripped off like a skin