Reconstruction:Thracian/genta
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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
Descendants
References
- Yanakieva, Svetlana (2016) “Thracian Plosive Consonants. II. The Glosses”, in Studia Classica Serdicensia, 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