h₂nodh-

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `flower' (Il.).

Derivatives: 1. Substantives. Dimin. ἀνθύλλιον (M. Ant., Dsc., also a plant like ἀνθυλλίς (Dsc.) and ἄνθυλλον (Ps.-Dsc.); ἀνθήλιον v. l. for ἀνθύλλιον (Dsc. 3, 156; 4, 121), also = κανθήλιον (Charax) s.v.; ἀνθάλιον a plant, cf. Chantr. Form. 74; ἀνθάριον ἐρύθημα H. - ἀνθήλη `a crown of flowers' (Thphr.), or from ἀνθέω. - ἀνθηδών f. `bee' (cf. ἀνθρηδών and Chantr. Form. 361), also a plant. - ἀνθίας s. v. - Άνθεστήρια n. pl. `Feast of flowers, spring' (Ion. Att., cf. Chantr. Form. 63, Schwyzer 470: 7) with the month-name Άνθεστηριών. - Independent ἄνθεμον n. `flower' (Sappho); not with Leumann Hom. Wörter 249ff. recent back-formation as there are many derivatives; for the formation cf. ἄργεμον and Chantr. Form. 132, Ruigh, Élém. Ach. 102f. Place name Άνθεμοῦς (Macedonia). - 2. Adjectives: ἀνθηρός rather from ἀνθέω (Chantr. Form. 232). - 3. Verb ἀνθέω `bloom, blossom'.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [40] * h₂endʰ- `sprout'

Etymology: ἄνθος was equated with Skt. ándhas- n. `herb', but see the objections by Burrow Archiv. linguist. 6 (1954) 61 and Chantr. Uncertain Alb. ënde `flower', s. G. Meyer Alb. Wb. 5. Arm. and `field'; Toch. A ānt, B ānte `surface'?. The comparison with OFris. åndul `Marschgras' does not inspire confidence (Schwentner KZ 69, 244); uncertain also OHG etc. andorn (Loewe, s. Schwentner KZ 71, 32). So no reliable IE etym. remains. I wonder whether it is a substr. word. - Improbable is connection with ἀνήνοθεν (Schwebeablaut h₂endh-: h₂nodh- is improbable).

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