πτόρθος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

The word could be related to Old Armenian որթ (ortʻ, vine). Furnée attributes this match rather to independent borrowing, from a common substrate origin, perhaps Pre-Greek. On the other hand, Petersson derives these words from Proto-Indo-European *portʰo-, beside *pertʰ- (pole, sprout).

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Noun

πτόρθος (ptórthosm (genitive πτόρθου); second declension

  1. (botany) young branch, sapling, shoot
    Synonyms: ἔρνος (érnos), θαλλός (thallós), ὄρπηξ (órpēx), τέρχνος (térkhnos)
  2. sprouting, budding

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