widomo

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: `bride-gift' (Il.; on the meaning Köstler WienAkAnz. 81 [1944] 6ff., Theiler Mus. Helv. 7, 114 w. lit.).

Other forms: hom. also ἔεδνα (s. below), rarely sg. ἕδνον (Pi., Call.)

Compounds: ἀνά-εδνος `withou ἕ.' (Il.; on the prefix Schwyzer 432, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 182).

Derivatives: Also ἄεδνον ἄφερνον η πολύφερνον H.; ἑδνο-φορέω `bring bride-gifts' (Eust.). - Old denomin. ἑδνόομαι ( ἐεδν-), - όω `give ἕ. to one's daughter' (β 53) with ἐεδνωτής `brides father' (Ν 382; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 25; 2, 206). - Several glosses in Hesych: ἕδνιος χιτών ὅν πρῶτον ἡ νύμφη τῳ̃ νυμφίῳ δίδωσιν; ἑδνάς ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν ἕδνων ἐδητύς, ἑδνεύειν ἐνεχυράζειν.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1115] *h₁u̯ed- `bride-price'.

Etymology: With ἕδνα, ἕδνον from IE *u̯ed-no- (on the aspir. Schwyzer 227) compare Slavic and a Westgermanic word for `bride-price': e. g. ORuss. věno, from *u̯ed-no- acc. to Winter-Kortlandt; not better to Lat. vēnum [ dare]; see. Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. véno [1, 182f.]; OE. weotuma, OHG widomo m., from PGerm. * wet-man-, IE *u̯ed-mon-; (the Gr.-Slav. no-suffix may be from - mno-, themat. of - mon-). - Uncertain Alb. vigjë `present, in the form of edibles, for a wedding etc.' (\< *u̯ed-l- ?). - This old word for `bride-price' is generally derived from a verb `(take home), marry (of the man)', which is seen in Lith. vedù, OCS vedo (with -dh because of the short vowel), OIr. fedid. - Skt. vadhū́- `bride, young woman, daughter-in-law', which one would not like to separate from the words discussed, is because of the dh incompatible with ἕδνα or Germ. weotuma. - It is clear that ἕδν- is the younger, ἔεδν- the older form. The `prothesis' (from * h₁-) must be old, as it cannot be secondary and is unnecessary.

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