ἀλδαίνω
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Ἄλσος· τὸ σύμφυτον χωρίον· παρὰ τὸ ἄλδω ἄλσω ἄλσος. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρδω, ὁ μέλλων ἄρσω, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἄλσος. […] ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄλλω τὸ ἀλλόμενον, ἄλλος καὶ διὰ τὴν συνέμπτωσιν τὴν πρὸς τὸ ἄλλος γίνεται ἄλσος κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ λ εἰς σ. Μεθόδιος
Translation (En)
Alsos "wooded place". From *aldō "to nourish", <future> alsō, alsos. Or from ardō "to irrigate", future arsō, and from it alsos. O from *hallō "to leap", the leaping one, *allos, and because of the confusion with allos "other", it becomes alsos by change of the [l] into [s]. Thus Methodius.
Parallels
ibid., alpha 520 (ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ἄλσος, τὸ εὐαξὲς χωρίον· παρὰ τὸ ἄλδω ἄλσω ἄλσος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 70 (Ἄλσος: Τὸ σύμφυτον χωρίον. Παρὰ τὸ ἄλδω ἄλσω ἄλσος. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρδω, ὁ μέλλων, ἄρσω, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἄλσος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄλλω τὸ ἀλλόμενον, ἄλλος· καὶ διὰ τὴν συνέμπτωσιν τὴν πρὸς τὸ ἄλλος γίνεται ἄλσος, κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ λ εἰς σ, τὸ τέμενος); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 334 (ἄλσος· παρὰ τὸ ἄλδω, <τὸ αὔξω,> ἄλσω ἄλσος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄρδω, ὁ μέλλων ἄρσω, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἄλσος. ἄλδω δέ, τὸ αὐξάνω, <ἀφ’ οὗ> παράγωγον ἀλδαίνω, ὡς <αὔξω> αὐξάνω, καὶ ὡς ἀπὸ περισπωμένου ἀλδήσω καὶ ἀλδήσκω. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄλλω τὸ ἀλλόμενον, ἄλλος, καὶ διὰ τὴν συνέμπτωσιν γίνεται ἄλσος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 64 (Ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ἄλσος τὸ εὐαξὲς χωρίον. Ἄλσω, ἄλσος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 133 (Ἄλσος. δάσος, σύνδενδρος τόπος. παρὰ τὸ ἄλδω, ἄλσω, ἄλσος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ [ἄρδω, ὁ μέλλων ἄρσω, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἄλσος.])
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from the future of the verb, which provides the [s]. The grove is etymologized as that which grows.