θοός + ἀλλάσσω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
θάλασσα
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
thalassa
English translation (word)
sea
Transliteration (Etymon)
allassō
English translation (etymon)
to change
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum,theta, p. 253
Ed.
F. Sturz, Etymologicum Graecae linguae Gudianum et alia grammaticorum scripta e codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum edita, Leipzig: Weigel, 1818
Quotation
Θάλασσα, ἡ θοῶς ἀλλασσομένη καὶ σαλευομένη.
Translation (En)
Thalassa "sea": the quickly (thoōs) changing (allassomenē) one, and the rolling one
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown, probably a loanword (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Yes
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional descriptive etymology in which the adverb "quickly" is used to provide the initial consonant. The sea is etymologized as the changing, instable element, as opposed to dry land.