- πάχνη
- πάχνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hoar-frost, rime', also metaph., e.g. of curdled blood (ξ 476).Derivatives: παχν-ήεις (Nonn.), -ώδης (Gp., Hymn. Is.) `frosty'; -όομαι (also w. περι-), -όω `to become covered with rime resp. to cover, to (make) curdle' (P 112).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [787] *peh₂ḱ\/ǵ- `make fast, compact'Etymology: Formation as ἄχνη, λάχνη, λύχνος a.o. (Schwyzer 327), so from *πάκ-σν-ᾱ or *πάγ-σν-ᾱ from πᾰγ-ῆναι, πήγνυμι; on the meaning etc. s. πάγος; cf. also νὺξ ... πηγυλίς beside πάχνη (ξ 475 f., on this Bechtel Lex. w. lit.). Supposition on the formation in Porzig Satzinhalte 347.Page in Frisk: 2,484
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.