- ὀστρύα
- ὀστρύα (-ύη)Grammatical information: f.Meaning: name of a tree with hard, white wood, `hop hornbeam, Ostrya carpinifolia' (Thphr., Plin.).Other forms: ὀστρύς, -ύος (-υς, -υος?), ὀστρυί̈ς, -ίδοςOrigin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: That the word is semantically `vereinbar' with ὄστρεον (Frisk), is ununderstandable to me. The assumption of a syllable dissimilation from *ὀστρο-δρυς (Brugmann IF 19, 399) is quite doubtful (cf. Schwyzer 263). Heubeck Praegraeca 37 considers with Neumann Glotta 37(1958) 106-112 ὄστρυς as Pre-Greek. The enlargements -ύς, -ύα, -υίς are typical for an adapted foreign word (not in Furnée).Page in Frisk: 2,438
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.