ἑαυτοῦ + κόρη
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ἑκυρός (Γ 172): ἐτυμολογεῖται παρὰ τὸ πρὸς ἑαυτὸν τὴν νύμφην <ὴ την κόρην> ἄγειν· γίνεται ἐκ τοῦ δέχω δεχύω δεχυρός, ὡς ἴσχω ἰσχύω ἰσχυρός καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ δ καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς κ ἑκυρός. ἢ παρὰ τὸ κύρω, τὸ ἐπιτυγχάνω, κυρός καὶ ἑκυρός.
Translation (En)
Hekuros "father-in-law": it is etymologized after the fact that he leads the bride <or the maid (korēn)> toward himself (eis heauton). And it comes from dekhō "to receive", *dekhuō *dekhuros, as iskhō "to hold" iskhuō "to be strong" iskhuros "strong", and by dropping of the /d/ and change of the /kh/ into /k/, hekuros. Or from kurō "to meet, to fall upon", *kuros and hekuros.
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Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 449 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 324-325 (Ἑκυρός: […] Εἴρηται δὲ ἑκυρὸς παρὰ τὸ εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὴν κόρην ἄγειν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέχω, δεχυρός· καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ δ, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς κ, ἑκυρός. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ κύρω, τὸ ἐπιτυγχάνω, κυρὸς, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε, ἑκυρός); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 265 (Ἑκυρός· ὁ πενθερός· εἴρηται δὲ οὕτως παρὰ τὸ εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἄγειν τὴν κόρην· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέχω δεχυρός, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ δ καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς κ ἑκυρός. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ κύρω, τὸ ἐπιτυγχάνω, κυρός καὶ ἑκυρός, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 654 (idem)
Comment
Compositional etymology. The second member of the compound is the noun κόρη "maid", dropped in the Epimerisms where it is replaced by the synonym νύμφη (elliptic etymology), but preserved in th Et. Magnum and Et. Symeonis. The first member is the reflexive pronoun. The idea is that the father-in-law is the head of the οἶκος into which the bride comes, therefore he has the "maid" come "to himself"