- μινυρίζω
- μινυρίζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `whimper, whine, complain (in a low tone)' (E 889, δ 719), `sing in a low tone, wharble, hum' (Ar., Pl., Arist.), aor. μινυρίσαι (Plu.)Derivatives: μινύρισμα `twittering' (Theoc., S. E.), -ισμός `id.' (sch.), -ίστρια f. `twittering' (ἀηδών, verse inscr.); unclear μινυρίγματα pl. (Philox. 2, 28). -- μινύρομαι `sing in a low tone, twitter' (A., S., Ar., Call.), μινυρός `whimpering, whining' (A., Phryn. Com.), `twittering' (Theoc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Expressive and onomatop. words, resembling κινυρίζω : κινύρομαι : κινυρός with which they were amalgamated in a way that can no longer be established; s. the lit. on κινυρός, also Güntert Reimwortbildungen 150f., Schwyzer 725 a. 735. Acc. to Leumann, Hom. Wörter 244 our series is the oldest. A remarkable similarity shows Lat. minurriō, -īre `twitter' (Suet.); if not directly loaned from Greek, literarily influenced. -- Resembling reduplicated formations are μιμιχμός τοῦ ἵππου φωνή and μιμάξασα χρεμετίσασα, φωνήσασα H. (cf. Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 173); from other languages e.g. Skt. mímāti `bleat, roar, cry', OCS mъmati (mьm-) `stammer'. WP. 2, 243, Pok. 711, W.-Hofmann s. mintriō, Mayrhofer s. mímāti2. -- Cf. μύρομαι. - I have no further evidence for a variation κ\/μ as proposed by Fur. 388. Still, Pre-Greek origin is possible.Page in Frisk: 2,242-243
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.