- θεσμός
- θεσμόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `settled agreement, law, custom' (ψ 196) .Other forms: Dor. τεθμός, Lac. Arc. Locr. also θεθμόςCompounds: Compp., e. g. θεσμο-θέται, ἔνθεσμος.Derivatives: θέσμιος, τέθμιος, θέθμιος `lawful, customary' (IA. Dor. etc.); θεσμοσύνη `lawfulness' (AP).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [238] *dhedhmo-? `agreement, custom' or *dhh₁-Etymology: Comparison with synonymous OIr. deidmea, Welsh deddf f. (Thurneysen KZ 51, 57f., Loth Rev. celt. 45, 184) requires an IE protoform *dhedhmo-, -ā-, either with reduplication from *dhe-dh-m-o- (-dh- zero grade of θη- in θή-σ-ω etc.?) or from *dhe-dhm-o- (-dhm- zero grade of θεμ- in θέμις etc.); s. Schwyzer 492 n. 12. θε- could be the same form as in θέ-σις a. o., with suffixes -θμ- or -σμ-; the regular breath dissimilation was in θεθμός removed through influence of θέσις.Page in Frisk: 1,667
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.