- δύπτω
- δύπτωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `dive in', mostly intr. (Antim. [?], Lyc., A. R.).Other forms: Aor. δύψαιDerivatives: δύπτης m. `diver', esp. as bird-name (Call.); vgl. Thompson Birds s. v.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: From δυω (s. v.) after κύπτω(?); cf. also βύπτω (s. βάπτω). Hardly with Pisani Anales de filcl. 6, 207ff.: δύπτω formed to δύπτης; this to δυβ- in δύβρις and further to Goth. diups etc. (with Anatolian development of the IE media aspirata).Page in Frisk: 1,425
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.