βάλλω

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Word-form

βάλλω

Transliteration (Word)

belonē

English translation (word)

needle

Transliteration (Etymon)

ballō

English translation (etymon)

to throw

Author

Etym.  Genuinum

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 throwbelonē "needle".

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.

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