στένω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *sténō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (to thunder), compare Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, to drone, thunder), Proto-Germanic *stenaną (to moan, groan).

On the other hand, Latin tonō, Sanskrit तन्यति (tanyati), Old English þunian, Proto-Germanic *þunraz and Aeolic Greek τέννει (ténnei) (a riming word or an old s-less byform[1]) point to *ten(h₂)-. [2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

στένω (sténō)

  1. to moan, groan
  2. to lament

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References

  1. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960–1972) “στένω”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στενός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1399

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