- ἔντερα
- ἔντεραGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: `intestines, bowels', also sg. `gut' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in ἐντερο-κήλη `breach of the intestines, Hernia' (Dsc., Gal.; s. Risch IF 59, 285, Strömberg Wortstudien 69).Derivatives: Deminut. ἐντερίδια (Com.); also ἐντέριον (M. Ant. 6, 13?; form and meaning uncertain); ἐντεριώνη `inside of a fruit, heart-wood of a plant, a tree' (Hp., Thphr.; Strömberg Theophrastea 127f.); formation as ἰασιώνη, εἰρεσιώνη (Chantraine Formation 208); ἐντερόνεια (Ar. Eq. 1185) meaning unclear; acc. to H. and Suid. = ἐντεριώνη; adjectives ἐντερικός `of the ἔ.' (Arist.), ἐντέρινος `made from bowels' (Sch.); denomin. verb ἐντερεύω `take out fishes' (Kom.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [313] *h₁entero- `what is inside'Etymology: Old word for intestines identical with Arm. ǝnder-k`, -ac̣ pl. (Gr. LW [loanword]?, Hübschmann Armen. Gramm. 1, 447f.), identical with OWNo. iđrar pl. (PGm. *inÞerōz). The original adjectivial meaning in Skt. ántara-, Av. antara- `being inside', with Osc. Entraí dat. sg. *`Interae', name of a goddess; in Latin replaced by interior. IE *h₁enter-o, adjective from an adv. *enter, preserved in Skt. antár `inside', Lat. inter `between'. Besides OHG untar, Osc. anter `under' = `between' from the zero grade *n̥ter; further see Pok. 313, W.-Hofmann s. inter, interior, Ernout-Meillet s. in. - The basis is the adverb *en (s. ἔν) with the comparative-suffix -ter; s. Benveniste Noms d'agent 120f.Page in Frisk: 1,524-525
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.