θί̄ς

θί̄ς, θῑνός

Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `heap, heap of sand (near the sea), dune, shore' ( Il.); on the meaning U. Finzenhagen Die geograph. Terminologie des Griechischen (Berl.-Diss. Würzburg-Aumühle 1939) 10f.

Derivatives: ἀποθινόομαι `be silted up' (Plb.). As 2. member in ἀκρο-θίνια (-να) pl. (rarely sg.) `the upper part of a heap, first-fruit offer' (most. posthom. poetry), compound from ἄκρος θίς and ιο-suffix.; diff. Risch IF 59, 289.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Without explanation. Wackernagel Unt. 82 A. 2 compares Skt. dhíṣṇya- `put up on a heap of sand', subst. `heap of earth with sand', which could go back on a n-stem, IE *dhisen-, dhisn-, from where Gr. *θιων, *θιην, θῑν-, to which the nom. θΐς would be an innovation. - Often compared with NHG Düne and cognates, either as *θινϜ- to Skt. dhánvan- `dry land, continent, shore' (s. Bq; then the ι-vowel remains unexplained) or as *θϜ-ῑν- to Lith. dujà `part of dust etc.' (Persson Beitr. 43f.). Acc. to Osthoff MU 4, 236f. n. to Skt. -dh-i- in ni-dh-í- `laying down, preserving' (s. τίθημι). - The word will be a (Pre-Greek?) loan.

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