- εὑρύς
- εὑρύςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `broad, wide' (Il.).Other forms: ep. acc. also -έα (under formulaic pressure)Compounds: Very often as 1. member .Derivatives: εὑρύτης `broadness, width' (Hp.) and denomin. εὑρύ̄νω `make broad, wide' (θ 260; on the formation Schwyzer 733). - Also εὖρος n. `breadth, width' (λ 312), as 2. member in ἰσο-ευρής `with the same breadth' (Phot.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1165] *h₁u̯rH-u-? `broad'Etymology: From Skt. urú-, Av. vouru- `broad', Skt. váras- n. `breadth'; εὑρύς and εὖρος differ only in anlaut. We have to start from IE *u̯rHú-s, *u̯érH-os-, which should have given Gr. *Ϝαρύς, *Ϝέρος; cf. βαρύς = Skt. gurú-, Av. gouru-. One assumes that εὑρύς has a prothetic *ἐ-Ϝρύ-ς (cf. Av. uru- in urv-āp- `with broad water' from *u̯rHu-), but then one expects *ἐϜ(α)ρυς \< h₁u̯r(H)us; or that it stands with metathesis for a secondary full grade *Ϝερύς (after the primary comparative, Skt. várī-yān `broader'); also εὖρος beside Skt. váras- could be so explained, if not secondary after εὑρύς (cf. βάρος, βάθος, τάχος etc.). Unclear is the proto-form of Toch. A wärts, B aurtse `broad' (-ts(e) suffixal). - S. Schwyzer 412 n. 1; s. also 224 n. 2 and Fraenkel IF 50, 11.Page in Frisk: 1,592-593
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.