βρένδον

βρένδον

Grammatical information: m.\/n.?

Meaning: ἔλαφον. H. βρέντιον ἡ κεφαλη τοῦ ἐλάφου (Str. 6,3,6, EM).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Messap.

Etymology: Messapian word (EM), also found in place names, e. g. Βρεντέσιον = Brundisium. Further in north Germanic, e. g. Swed. dial. brind(e) `male elk', norw. brund (Latv. briêdis, prob. from Germ.); cf. without dental Alb. bri `horn, antlers' (Demiraj s.v.). - S. Krahe, Spr. d. Illyrier 1, 39; Rix, Beitr. z. Namenforschung 5, 115ff.

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