ἀζάρι

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `branch, bough, sapling' (Il.), also `knot in a tree or stem' (Thphr.).

Other forms: Aeol. ὔσδος (Sapph., Schwyzer 182)

Compounds: As 2. member e.g. in πέντ-οζος `with five knots', as name of the hand (Hes. Op. 742), πεντά-οζος `with five knots' (Thphr.).

Derivatives: ὀζ-ώδης `branchy, having many knots' (Thphr., Dsc.), - ωτός `branchy', - αλέος `id.' (AP; nach ἀζαλέος; also after τρηχαλέος?, Debrunner IF 23, 32), - όομαι `to put forth branches' (Hp., Thphr.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [785] * h₃esdos `branch'

Etymology: Old inherited word for `branch', identical with Arm. ost, gen. -oy, Germ., Goth. asts OHG a. NHG ast, IE * osdo-s. Besides with deviating length (IE *ō?) OS MLG ōst `knot in wood, knag'. -- Since Brugmann IF 19, 379 n. 1 and Grundr.² II: 2, 816 analysed as * o-sd-o-s `sitting (on the stem) ', "Ansitzer", from 2. ὀ- (s. v.) and zero grade of sed- in ἵζω (s. ἕζομαι). But because of equally built Lat. nīdus `nest' from * ni-sd-o-s, prop. "sitting down, place to sit down" rather to be understood with Bloornfield Lang. 3, 213f. as "place to sit on", referring to birds. -- From dimin. ὀζάριον MGr. ἀζάρι, from where NGr. ζαρώνω `shrink, contract' (Hatzidakis Glotta 11, 176 ff.). The connection with Hitt. hasduir has been given up as its meaning is not quite certain (`weeds, waste'?; Tischler 206).

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