δέρω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δρῦς
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
drūs
English translation (word)
oak
Transliteration (Etymon)
derō
English translation (etymon)
to flay
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 159
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842
Quotation
δρυμός, ἐκ τοῦ δρὺς δρυός· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ δέρω, τὸ ἐκδέρω· οἱ γὰρ παλαιοὶ πᾶν δένδρον δρῦν ἐκάλουν
Translation (En)
drumos "thicket": from drus, druos "oak". The latter from derō "to flay". For the ancients called every tree drûs
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, delta, p. 380 (idem)
Modern etymology
Δρῦς "oak" is a specialized meaning of the inherited word for "tree", which is the etymon of δόρυ "tree, trunk, beam". Cognate with Goth. triu "tree", Ved. dā́ru- "tree". PIE *dor-u- (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has δρυς as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. The tree is etymologized by reference to the bark, which can be stripped off. This etymology is accepted by several modern scholars