πτέλας
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editA possible cognate would be πτελέα (pteléa, “elm”), but this leaves much unexplained. The connection with Lithuanian kiaũlė (“pig, swine”) and Sanskrit किरि (kiri, “boar, hog”) should also be rejected. The connection with πελιτνός (pelitnós) and πελιός (peliós) is arbitrary. The word may well be Pre-Greek, in view of the initial "πτ-".
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pté.las/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpte.las/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.las/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.las/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpte.las/
Noun
editπτέλας • (ptélas)
- wild boar
References
edit- “πτέλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN