δίζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from a Paleo-Balkan language, from a tentative Proto-Indo-European *déygʰ-ih₂ ~ digʰ-yéh₂ often connected to Proto-West Germanic *tigā (“she-goat”).[1][2][3]

Noun

δίζα • (díza) f (Laconian)

  1. she-goat
    Synonym: αἴξ (aíx)
    • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Δ:
      δίζα· αἴξ. Λάκωνες
      díza; aíx. Lákōnes
      díza: goat. [among] Laconians

References
  1. Krahe, Hans (1955) Die Sprache der Illyrier (in German), volume I: Die Quellen, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 46
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “digh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 222
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333

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