- ἔαρ 1
- ἔαρ 1., -ροςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `blood', metaph. `sap' (Call.; acc to H. Cyprian).Other forms: (also εἶαρ, ἦαρ)Compounds: As 1. member in εἰαροπότης αἱμοπότης, ψυχοπότης H.; εἰαροπῶτις acc. to schol. T v. l. for ἠεροφοῖτις (Έρινύς) Τ 87 (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 114 m. n. 1).Derivatives: NoneOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [343] *h₁esh₂-r̥ `blood'Etymology: Old word for blood: Hitt. ešḫar, gen. eš(ḫa)naš, Skt. ásr̥k, gen. asnáḥ, Lat. aser (Gloss., Paul. Fest.; form uncertain), Toch. AB ysār, B yasar, Latv. asins; extended form in Arm. ar-iwn (Kortlandt, Armeniaca 2003, 131f.. \< *esar). The original r-n-stem is maintained in Hitt. and Skt. - The vowellength will be due to metrical lengthening (old, Schulze Q. 165f.). - As in Greek by αἷμα (s. d.) the word was replaced in Latin and Sanskrit (sanguis, rudhirám cf. on ἐρυθρός).Page in Frisk: 1,432
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.