- ἅλλομαι
- ἅλλομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `spring, leap' (Il.).Other forms: Aor. ἀλτο (Hom.) Aeolic form with augment? (Schwyzer 751 with n. 1)Compounds: προαλης (Hom.) `sloping, rushing forward'Derivatives: ἅλμα `jump' (Hom.). ἁλτήρ (Crates Com.) in sports `weights kept in the hands while jumping'.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [899] *sel- `spring'Etymology: From *ἅλ-ιομαι. Identical with Lat. salio (\< *sl̥-i-; *sal- is impossible, as PIE had no phoneme a.). Further perhaps to Skt. ásaram `run, rush' (Narten MSS 26 (1969) 77ff.) Very doubtful OCS slьpati `ἅλλομαι', Slov. slâp (\< *solpo-) `(water)fall, wave'; a root-enlargement -p- is rare in IE. - See on πάλλομαι.Page in Frisk: 1,76
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.