προχωννύω

προχωννύω, [tense] pf. - κέχωκα,

A form by deposition before,

τὰς νήσους Arist. Mir. 836a30

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II dam back, [ τὴν θάλατταν] Aristid.Or.46(3).17.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `buttocks' (Hp., com., Herod.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [438] *ǵhengh- ` step'

Etymology: The almost complete identity with Skt. jaghána- m. n. `buttocks' can hardly be a coincidence; the further analysis remains hypothetical. Since J. Schmidt KZ 25, 112 a. 116; 32, 373f. κοχώνη is explained as assimilated from *καχώνα, with *καχ- = Skt.. jagh- as zero grade of jáṅghā f. ` lower thigh-bone' etc. (to Goth. gaggan ` go', IE. *ǵhengh-). Objections by Specht KZ 66, 197ff., who because of προχῶναι `buttocks' (Archipp. 41) separates κοχώνη from jaghána- etc. and wants to connect χάσκω and cognates. But προχῶναι can be a comic distortion of κοχώνη after πρωκτός (Güntert Reimwortbildungen 122)(?). Diff. on προχῶναι (after προχωννύω) Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73: 2, 22f. Mayrhofer, EWAia I 563 also finds no solution.

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