- ἑδώλια
- ἑδώλιαGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `seat, esp. of rowers in a ship, thwart, habitat' (Hdt.).Other forms: rare sg. -ιονDerivatives: Backformation ἕδωλα `thwarts' (Lyk.). Reshaping after the nouns in -ωλή ἑδωλή (Naukratis). Denomin. verb ἑδωλιάζω `provide banks' (Delos IIIa, Lykurg.). Also ἑδωλός λόχος Λακεδαιμονίων οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο H.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [886] *sed-ōl `seat'Etymology: An l-derivation from the verb `sit' (s. ἕζομαι) is known in several languages: Lat. sella (\< *sed-lā) `chair' = ἑλλά Λάκωνες H., Celt., Welsh caneco-sedlon (1. member unknown), Germ., e. g. Goth. sitls, OHG sezzal `Sessel' (PGm. *set-la-), Slav., e. g. ORuss. Csl. sedь-lo, Russ. sedló `saddle'. Cf. also Arm. etɫ `place, position'. The basis is an ablauting l-stem *sed-ōl, *sed-l- (Schwyzer 483, s. Specht Ursprung 93, partly doubtful). An innovation is Lat. sedīle, and OCS sědalo `seat'. Unclear is NHG. Sattel etc. - S. Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. sedló.Page in Frisk: 1,445
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.