- δραχμή
- δραχμήGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `drachme', weight and coin (Ion.-Att.)Other forms: δαρχμά (Arc., El., Knossos), δαρχνά (Gortyn, \< -χμά Schwyzer 215f.)Derivatives: δραχμιαῖος `worth a d.' (Att. etc.; after ἡμιωβολιαῖος etc., s. Chantr. Form. 49), also δραχμαῖος, -ήϊος (Nic.); - Dimin. δραχμίον (Aristeas). - Verbal noun in -μη, -μᾱ (σμᾱ?, Schwyzer 327) from δράσσομαι (s. v.), so prop. `grasping with the hand, handfull' (of oboles), cf. σπιθαμή, πυγμή etc.; we see δραχ- and δαρχ- in the `zero grade'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The two forms δραχ- and δαρχ- suggest that this is not a zero grade from *dr̥g(ʰ)- (cf. δάρκες s.v. δράσσομαι), and so that it is a Pre-Greek word. - From δραχμή Arab. dirham, Arm. dram etc., s. Bailey BSOAS 13, 128f.; NGr. δράμι from δραχμίον, with accent after Osm. dirhém, Maidhof Glotta 10, 10.Page in Frisk: 1,415-416
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.