- ἐλάτη 1
- ἐλάτη 1.Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `(spruce-)fir', meton. `rudder, ship' etc. (Il.).Derivatives: ἐλάτινός (metr. length. εἰλ-) `of fir' (Il.), ἐλατηΐς adj. f. `like fir' (Nic.; on the formation Chantr. Form. 345f.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: No etym.. Semantically near comes Arm. eɫew-in `cedar', with Russ. jálov-ec `juniper'; formally fit better (if ἐλάτη \< IE *h₁e-ln̥-tā) Russ. jelén-ec `juniper' (unless from jálovec with suffix-change). Lidén IF 18, 491ff., Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. 1, 395, Specht Ursprung 62. - A basis *h₁e-ln̥-tā might be connected with OHG linta `lime' etc. (Bezzenberger BB 6, 240, but see also W.-Hofmann s. lentus). Diff. Mann Lang. 17, 20 (Alb. lândë, lëndë `wood, material'), Machek Lingua Posnan. 2, 148.Page in Frisk: 1,481-482
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.