σανδάλιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

σάνδαλον (sándalon) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive), of uncertain origin, possibly loaned from Parthian, Persian, or another substrate of Asia Minor.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σανδάλιον (sandálionn (genitive σανδαλίου); second declension

  1. a light strap-shoe, sandal
  2. (Byzantine) a kind of vessel in the Byzantine fleet, sandal

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: صَنْدَل (ṣandal)
  • Latin: sandalium

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σάνδαλον (> DER σανδάλ-ιον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1305

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