θέω + ἀήρ
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
θύρα
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
thura
English translation (word)
door
Transliteration (Etymon)
theō + aēr
English translation (etymon)
to run + air
Century
12 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 458
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford, 1848
Quotation
Θύρα: Παρὰ τὸ θύω, τὸ ὁρμῶ. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ θέω καὶ τὸ ἀὴρ, θέαρα καὶ θύρα. Καὶ θυωρὸς, ὁ τῶν πυλῶν φύλαξ
Translation (En)
Thura "door": from thuō "to rage, to move violently". Or from theō "to run" and aēr "air", *theara and thura. And thu<r>ōros "gatekeeper".
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Old inherited name of the door, from PIE *dhur-, cognate with Lat. forum, foras "out", Engl. door (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has θύρα 1. as a learned word designating 'door'; the usual word is πόρτα, borrowed from Italian, 2. with the meaning of 'gate' for a stadium. There also is the phrase "κεκλεισμένων των θυρών", "with the doors closed
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
This etymology might result from a mistake on the etymology θύρα / θεωρέω. The word is parsed as a compound, the door being defined as that which allows "to run in the open"