Reconstruction:Thracian/genta

This Thracian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Thracian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to slay”).

Notes

The lemma is attested in Hesychius' collection of rare and obscure Greek words. Considered a Thracian loanword by Eustathius.

Noun

*genta n

1. meat, intestines

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: γέντον sg (génton), γέντα pl (génta) (dialectal)

References

• Yanakieva, Svetlana (2016) “Thracian Plosive Consonants. II. The Glosses”, in Studia Classica Serdicensia‎^[1], volume 5, page 514: “γέντον “meat” < *gʷʰen-to- “cut, piece of meat””

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέντα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266