- πέζα
- πέζαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `instep', usu. metaph. `foot-end, lower edge, border of a garment, coast, net, mountain range etc.' (Ω 272, medic., hell.).Derivatives: Independent in poet. compp., e.g. ἀργυρό-πεζα adj. f. `with silver (i.e. white) feet', of Thetis a.o. (Il.), m. -πεζος (AP). On τράπεζα s. v. Unclear διά-πεζος, of woman's clothes (Callix.) -- Enlarged πεζ-ίς, -ίδος f. `seam' (Ar., Att. inscr.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [790] *ped- `foot'Etymology: Deriv with ι̯α-suffix from the word for `foot' (s. πούς), so name of smhing that belongs to the foot or smhing that refers to the foot. Formation like γλῶττα a.o. (Schwyzer 473 f., Chantraine Form. 97 ff.). Beside πέζα with ι̯α-suffix there is in Germ. an corresponding formation with ī-suffix (cf. on λύσσα; s. also πέδῑλον): PGm. *fet-ī f. in OWNo. fit, gen. fit-jar `web'; perh. also in OHG fizza, NHG Fitze `winding, thread', OHG also of the ends of the warps, as in Norw. fit.Page in Frisk: 2,486
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.