- πλήμνη
- πλήμνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `nave, drum' (Il., Hes. Sc., Hp., A. R.).Compounds: πλημνό-δετον n. `hoop, with which the spokes are attached to the nave' (Poll.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]Etymology: Since Pictet (s. Curtius 277) as "the fullness of the wheel" connected with πίμπλημι; thus already H. explaining: ἀπὸ τοῦ πληροῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἄξονος. Morpholog. plausible (Schwyzer 524; also Brugmann Grundr.2 II: 1, 244), the etymology may be right, but a better argumentation is desirable. Doubts in Chantraine Form. 215. -- Waanders Mykenaika 1992, 594 derives the word from *kʷel- `turn', assuming *kʷl̥h₁-mneh₂ `part that)turns about the exle'.Page in Frisk: 2,560
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.