- πεμφρηδών
- πεμφρηδών, -όνοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `kind of wasp, tree wasp' (Nic.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like the synonyms τενθρηδών, ἀνθρηδών (s. vv.), but in detail unclear. Hypotheses on dissimilation and reduplication in Bq (w. lit.) and Schwyzer 259 a. 423. To a group of soundwords for `humm, buzz' in Slav., e.g. Scr. bȕmbar `bumble-bee', Skt. (lex.) bambhara m. `bee', Arm. boṙ, -oy `bumble-bee, Hornisse'; also Skt. bhramará- `bee', Germ., e.g. OHG breman 'humm' etc. WP. 2, 161 f., 202f., Pok. 135f., 142f., W.-Hofmann s. fremō (cf. also βρέμω), Mayrhofer s. bambharaḥ and bhramaráḥ w. further forms and lit. - The words are clearly Pre-Greek; Kuiper FS Kretschmer 222, Furnée 222. They may at the same time have been onomatop.Page in Frisk: 2,504
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.