βύζω
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Quotation
Βυθός, παρὰ τὸ βάθος, ἣ παρὰ τὸ βύζω, βυτὸς καὶ βυθός.
Translation (En)
Buthos ("the depth"): from bathos or from buzō ("to be frequent"), *butos and then buthos.
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum, beta 289 (Βυθός· τὸ βάθος τὸ ἄφατον· παρὰ τὸ βάθος, τοῦ α εἰς υ τραπέντος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βύζω βυστός καὶ βυθός); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 291 (Βυθός· παρὰ τὸ βάθος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ βύζω βυστός καὶ βυθός); Etym. Magnum Kallierges, p. 217 (Βυθός: Τὸ βάθος τὸ ἄφατον, παρὰ τὸ βάθος, τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς υ. Ἣ παρὰ τὸ βύζω, βυστὸς καὶ βυθὸς, τροπῇ τοῦ θ εἰς σ, καὶ πλεονασμῷ ἑτέρου σ, γίνεται βυσσὸς, τὸ βάθος); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 514 (βυθός· τὸ βάθος, τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς υ. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βύζω βυστός καὶ βυθός); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, beta, p. 411 (Βυθός. τὸ βάθος, τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς υ. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βύζω, βυστὸς καὶ βυθός)
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on the meaning "to be stuffed, pressed" of βύζω, the bottom of the water being hard.