Κρεμμυών

κρόμμῠον, τό, [dialect] Ep. [full] κρόμῠον,

A onion, Allium Cepa,

κρομύοιο λοπόν Od.19.233

;

κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον Il.11.630

, cf. Hdt.2.125, 4.17; freq. in Ar., Lys. 798, etc.; κελεύω κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν, = κλαίειν κελεύω, Bias ap.D.L.1.83.

2 τὰ κ. the onion-market, Eup.304.

II κ. σχιστόν, a variety of Allium Cepa, shallot, Thphr.HP7.4.7. (Written κρόμμυον in PCair.Zen.269.4, 300.3, PSI4.332.13, PPetr.3p.328 (all iii B. C.), freq. in codd. (confirmed by metre in Ar., etc.);

κρόμυον Hom.

ll.cc. (perh. metri gr.), POxy.1584.23 (ii A. D.), Stud.Pal. 22.75.8 (iii A. D.), etc.: prob. assim. fr. κρέμμυον, cf. place-name

Κρεμμυών B.17.24

, etc.)

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `onion, Allium Cepa' (IA.).

Other forms: also κρόμυον (Λ 630, τ 233, Philem. 122; s. below), κρόμβυον (pap.; \< - μμ-, cf. Schwyzer 231).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. κρομμυο-πώλης `onion-handler' (pap.).

Derivatives: Diminut. κρομ(μ)ύδιον (Gp., Sch.).

Origin: Substr. Eur.X[probably]

Etymology: Old name of the onion and garlic, which is also attested in Celtic, Germanic and Balto-Slavic, e.g. MIr. crim, Welsh. craf `garlic', OE hramsan (pl.), NEngl. ramsons `wood-garlic', NHG (Bair.) rams `id.', Lith. kermùšė `wilde garlic', Russ. čeremšá `(Germ.) Bärenlauch, Allium ursinum'. The e-vowel of Celtic and Balto-Slavic appears also in κρέμυον (H.) and in GN Κρεμμυών (beside Κρομμ-; around Corinth); so κρομ- (= Germ. hram-) with J. Schmidt KZ 32, 346 (Schwyzer 255 f.) from assimilation in κρεμ-? Also as regards the stemformation the languages agree: IE(?). * kremus-, * kromus-, * kermus- (on krem-: kerm- cf. on βρέφος); only the Celt. forms are not quite clear. (Here also (Illyr.?) GN Cremōna (Venetia), s. Krahe Die Spr. d. Illyrier 1, 104.). The widespread geminate - μμ- is unexplained (pace Schwyzer Glotta 5, 194). - Pok. 580 f., Fraenkel Wb. s. kermùšė, Vasmer Wb. s. čeremšá. On the facts Schrader-Nehring Reallexikon 2, 710ff. - Beekes, 125 Jahre Idg. in Graz (2000) 29 considers the word as non-IE.

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