- ἴονθος
- ἴονθοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `young beard', usually `with the first beard forthcoming eruption on the face' (Hp., Arist., Phld.).Derivatives: ἰονθώδης `eruption-like' (Thphr., Gal.) and ἰονθάς f. `hairy, beardy', of αἴξ (ξ 50; on the formation Chantr. Form. 354).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1148] *ui-uondʰ-so- `young beard'Etymology: May as a reduplicated formation *Ϝί-Ϝονθος (cf. Schwyzer 423) belong to a word for `hair' etc., which appears in Celtic, Germanic and Balto-Slavic: MIr. find `hair' (IE *u̯n̥dh-, [*u̯endh- ?]), OHG wint-brāwa `eyelash' (IE *u̯endh(o)-), MIr. fēs `hair', OPr. wanso f. `the first beard', OCS (v)ǫsъ `barba, mystax' (IE *u̯endh-s-o- or *u̯ondh-s-o-); Lidén IF 19, 345ff. - The words have been interpreted as verbal nouns to IE verb wind (WP. 1, 261); for the meaning cf. ἴουλος.Page in Frisk: 1,729-730
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.