- ἰπνός
- ἰπνόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `furnace', also `kitchen' and `lantern' (IA),Dialectal forms: Myc. i-po-no;Compounds: Compp., e. g. ἰπνο-πλάθος `oven-maker' (Pl.), Ἔφ-ιπνος Ζεὺς ἐν Χίῳ H.Derivatives: Diminut. ἰπνίον (medic.); ἰπνών (Delos IIIa), ἰπνιών (Gortyn) `kitchen'; ἰπνίτης (ἄρτος) `in an oven baked bread' (Hp.; vgl. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 89); ἴπνιος `belonging to an oven', ἴπνια τὰ καθάρματα τοῦ ἰπνοῦ H. (Call. Fr. 216); ἰπνεύω `bake in an oven' (H.; hιπνε[ύεσθαι] IG 12, 4, 15) with ἰπνευτής furnarius (Gloss.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: With ἰπνός, perh. from *ἱπνός (cf. Ἔφ-ιπνος and hιπνε[ύεσθαι] IG 12, 4, 15, which is not quite certain, agrees except for the anlaut a synonymous Westgerm. word, OE ofen, OHG ovan `Ofen', also ONo. ofn, PGerm. *ofna- \< *úfna-. But these words cannot be combined. Also the forms with velar: Goth. auhns, OSwed. oghn, PGerm. *oχna-, *oʒna- \< *úχna-, *uʒná-. Nor is there any possibility to connect Skt. ukhá- m., ukhā́ f. `pot, cooking-pot' (or Lat. aulla `pot'). Cf. Pok. 88. Other proposal by B. Vine, UCLA IE Studies I (1999) 5-30.Page in Frisk: 1,732-733
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.