βάλλω
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
βάλλω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
belonē
English translation (word)
needle
Transliteration (Etymon)
ballō
English translation (etymon)
to throw
Century
9 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1407
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 1, Rome: Ateneo, 1976
Quotation
ἔνθεν καὶ αὖος αὐόνη, ὡς ἔχω ἐχόνη καὶ ἀμπεχόνη καὶ πείρω περόνη καὶ βάλλω βελόνη
Translation (En)
From there also αὖος "dryness" αὐόνη "drought", as ἔχω "to hold" ἐχόνη ἀμπεχόνη "dress", πείρω "to pierce" περόνη "pin" καὶ ballō "to throw" belonē "needle".
Parallels
Etym. Magnum Kallierges p. 170 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 267 (Βελόνη· παρὰ τὸ βάλλω, τοῦ α τραπέντος εἰς ⟦ε, ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ⟧ βέλ⟦ος⟧· ὡς ⟦οὖν⟧ παρὰ τὸ π⟦έρω⟧ περόνη, ἥδω ἡδονή, οὕτως βάλλω βελόνη. Δίδυ⟦μός φησιν αὐτὸ παρώνυμον εἶναι⟧)
Modern etymology
Βελόνη probably does not belong with the groupe of βάλλω but goes back to a homophonous root *gwelH- found in Lith. gélti "to sting" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Modern Greek has βελόνα "needle"
Entry By
Arthur de Tocqueville
Comment
Derivational etymology going back to the same explanation of βελόνη as derived from βέλος (see βελόνη / βέλος): βέλος being itself derived from βάλλω, the etymon of the etymon is here given directly as the etymon of the lemma.