- κύμβη 1
- κύμβη 1Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `cup, bowl' (Nic., Ath.), `boat' (S. Fr. 127);Other forms: also κόμβος = τὸ ἔκπωμα H. (does it belong here?)Derivatives: κύμβος m. (n.) `hollow vessel' (Nic., H.); κυμβίον (-εῖ-) n. `small cup' (Att., hell.), `small boat' (H., Suid.). Also κύμβαλον n., usu. pl. -α `cymbal' (Pi., A., X.; cf. κρόταλον) with the dimin. κυμβάλιον (Hero) and the denom. κυμβαλίζω `sound the cymbals' (hell.); and -ισμός, -ιστής, -ίστρια (late).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Here prob. also ἀν-εκυμβαλίαζον (δίφροι Π 379) `they clashed as κύμβαλα together' (diff. Kuiper Μνήμης χάριν 1, 214 n. 11). By Curtius 158 connected with Skt. kumbhá-, Av. xumba- m. `pot'; thus (with Fick, Pedersen) Celt. vase-names as MIr. comm, cummal; more in Bq, Pok. 592, W.-Hofmann s. cubō. Further Sayce ClRev. 42, 161. - Because of the sequence *kumb(h)- it cannot be an old IE word; rather a `Wanderwort' - From κύμβη Lat. cymba, cumba `ship' (acc. to Plin. ΗΝ 7, 208 Phoenician). Fur. 284 compares κύπη `ship etc.' H. and considers the word as Pre-Greek; thus DELG (Frisk refers to the word but does no treat it).See also: -- Vgl. κύπη.Page in Frisk: 2,48
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.