- καρβάτινος
- καρβάτινοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `from skins' (Ph. Bel.); καρβάτιναι f. pl. `shoes of unprepared leather' (X., Arist.);Other forms: H. also καρπάτινον ἀγρο\<ι\>κικὸν ὑπόδημα μονόδερμον.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.Etymology: Formation as δερμάτινος etc.; one compares some words for `shoe etc.', which differ amongst each other, in Balto-Slavic, Germanic and Celtic, e. g. Lith. kùrpė `shoe', Czech. krpě `id.', OIc. hriflingr, OE. hrifeling `id.', OIr. cairem `shoemaker', in Pok. 581 given as IE. *kerǝp- `pieces of cloth or leather; esp. shoe'; further Lat. carpisc(u)lum `kind of shoe' (IVp), which is already for its late attestation to be considered as a LW [loanword]. Also in other respects these seem thechnical loans; cf. Beekes, 125 Jahre Indog. Graz, 2000, 28. S. W.-Hofmann s. carpisc(u)lum, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. kùrpė, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. korpátь. - From καρβάτινος Lat. carpatinus `of raw leather'. - Cf. κρηπίς.Page in Frisk: 1,786
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.