- βύρσα
- βύρσαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `skin, hide' (Hdt.).Compounds: βυρσοδέψης (Ar.).Derivatives: βυρσίς (H.); βύρσινος `of leather' (D. C.), βυρσικός `id.' (Gp.), also `used by tanners' (Hippiatr., to βυρσεύς), βυρσώδης `id.' (Gal.). - βυρσεύς `tanner' (Act. Ap.) for older βυρσοδέψης (Ar.); βυρσεύω `tan' (H.), βυρσεῖον `tan-pit' (Sch.). - Denom. βυρσόω `cover with skins' (Ath. Mech.). - Old only βυρσίνη `leather thong' (Ar. Eq. 59, 449).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Technical LW [loanword] without etymology; Forbes, Glotta 36 (1958) 271. Prob. Pre-Gr., Fur. 65 etc. (who also sompares ἀμυρτόν ἱμάτιον H.). Several hypotheses mentioned by Frisk III.Page in Frisk: 1,277-278
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.