atopoqo

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `bread' (Od.).

Dialectal forms: Myc. atopoqo \/ artopokʷos\/ `baker', s. πέσσω.

Compounds: ἀρτο-κόπος `baker' (Hdt.) w. metathesis. ἀρτοποίος X.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unknown. Hardly to ἀρ- `fit'. Pisani Ricerche Linguistiche 1, 141 derives it from Iranian * arta- `flour', which is impossible for a word already attested in Myc. Hubschmid Sardische Studien (Bern 1953) 104 adduces Basque. arto `id.', OSpan. artal `especie de empanada' etc. and considers the word as a substr. word (or is it a loan from Greek?). Improb. vW.

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