βυθός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly a metathesis from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-, with cognates including Old Church Slavonic дъно (dŭno), Old English dēop (English deep) and Albanian det (from Proto-Albanian *deubeta). Unrelated to βᾰθῠ́ς (bathús) and βένθος (bénthos).

However, Beekes soundly rejects Indo-European origin, and assigns it to Pre-Greek instead.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῠθός (buthós) m (genitive βῠθοῦ); second declension

  1. depth
  2. depth of the sea, deep water

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βυθός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 247

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek βυθός (buthós).

Noun

βυθός (vythós) m (plural βυθοί)

  1. seabed, riverbed, bottom, ground

Declension

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