- ἔτης
- ἔτης m.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `clansman' (Hom., only plur.), `citizen, private' (El., Dor., also A. and E.); on the meaning DELG.Dialectal forms: dor. ἔτας, el. ϜέταςCompounds: noneOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [882] *su̯e-t- `own ...'Etymology: Beside Ϝέτᾱς Slavic has a word for `relative married in, who gains a bride', e. g. ORuss. svatъ, IE *su̯ōtos; in Baltic a word for `guest', Lith. svẽčas, IE *su̯eti̯os; from the reflexive *su̯e, Gr. Ϝ(h)ε (s. ἕ) with t-suffix, IE *su̯e-t-; on the Greek anlaut with psilosis and loss of the digamma cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 125, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 150 and 185. So prop. "own", i. e. `belonging to the (own) clan, private; in the last sense cf. ἑ-κάς `far', prop. `for himself' (thus also Lith. svẽčias because of svẽtimas, Latv. sweschs `foreign'?; Schulze KZ 40, 417 = Kl. Schr. 73). - On the formation of ἔτης s. Schwyzer 500, Chantraine Formation 312 and Bechtel Lex.; further Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. svát. Wrong Fay AmJPh 28, 413f.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 1, 378. - S. also ἑταῖρος and ἴδιος.Page in Frisk: 1,581-582
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.