δύω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
βυθός
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
buthos
English translation (word)
bottom
Transliteration (Etymon)
duō
English translation (etymon)
to dive, to sink
Century
9 AD
Source
Etym. Gudianum
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, beta, p. 291
Ed.
E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965)
Quotation
Ἐπιμερισμῶν τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου. Βυθός <Ps. 68, 16>· παρὰ τὸ δύω, τὸ ὑπεισέρχομαι, δυθ⟦ός⟧ καὶ βυθός.
Translation (En)
Buthos "bottom": from duō "to dive", *duthos and buthos
Parallels
ibid., p. 291 (Βυθός· π⟦αρὰ τὸ δύ⟧ειν τὸν δύνοντα λίθον ἐν αὐτῷ ἢ καὶ σίδη⟦ρον⟧ καὶ μ⟦όλιβ⟧δ⟦ον⟧ καὶ μὴ ⟦ὁρᾶσθαι⟧)
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has βυθός as the name of the bottom of the sea, a lake, or a riverbed
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. Formally, it requires a formal change, that of the initial consonant. Semantically, it is rather far-fetched. The lemma is assumed to be the goal of the etymon—things sink to the bottom