στάφος

στάφος· σκάφος, λεκάνη, Hsch.

Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `big jar, esp. wine-jar' (IA.).

Derivatives: Several diminutives: σταμν-ίον, - άριον n., - ίσκος m. (com., hell. a. late). Surname Σταμνίας m. (Ar.). Denom, verb σταμν-ίζω, only with κατα- and συν-, `to pour into a jar, to transfuse' (Thphr., Nic. a. o.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Formation like ἐρυμνός (: ἔρυμα), λίμνη (: λιμήν) a. o. (Schwyzer 524 and Chantraine Form. 215 with unfounded doubt (?) regarding the IE etym.). So prob. from a noun *στᾶμα, *σταμήν v. t. `stand, standing place'; prop. "destined to stand, fit for" as opposed to a jug to be carried. Thus στάτος m. (substantivized from στατός) `big jug' (hell. inscr., H.), OHG stanta `jug to be put somewhere', Lith. statìnė `barrel, cask'. A zero grade μ-derivation is also supposed in σταμῖνες (s. v.); comparable formations in other languages are Toch. B stām, A ṣtām `tree' (beside which with the original meaning stäm- `stand' in inf. stam-atsi etc.), OHG stam, gen. stammes `stem', which may stand for PGm. * stamna- (IE * sth₂-mn-o-) (and so would be formally identical with στάμνος), but which may also be explained diff. (WP. 2, 606 f., Pok. 1008). -- Cf. στήμων. -- Alb. LW [loanword] shtâmbë, shtëmbë f. `bottle' (Mann Lang. 17, 23). - Furnée 227, 245 compares στάφος: possible but uncertain. A Pre-Greek word seems more probable to me: a standing thing is not typically a vase.

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