- πτίσσω
- πτίσσωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to shell, grind grains by stamping' (IA.).Other forms: Att. also πτίττω, aor. πτίσαι, pass. πτισθῆναι, perf. midd. ἔπτισμαι.Compounds: Rarely wit prefix like περι- and κατα-.Derivatives: πτισ-άνη f. (-ανον n. Nic.) `peeled barley, barley-gruel' (Hp., com., pap. a.o.); -μός m. `winnowing' (corn.), -μα n. `peeled barley' (Str.; περιπ[τ]ίσματα pl. sch.; Jacobsohn KZ 42, 276), -ις f. `skin' (Gal. a.o.), -τικός `fit for skinning' (com.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [796] *tpis- `stamp, smash'Etymology: Old expression of agriculture, retained in several languages, though exact agreements of the Greek forms are not found. Note however ἄ-πτισ-τος `unstamped (Hp.): Skt. piṣ-ṭá-, Lat. pis-tus `smashed', with πτιστικός `fit for skinning' (com.). Also all other both nominal and verbal forms are based on πτισ- (s. above) except the present πτίσσω, which was innovated after πλάσσω, πάσσω a.o. (cf. Schwyzer 692 w. lit. and ref. of other interpretations). The other languages deviate formally: Skt. and Lat. with the nasalpresents pi-ná-ṣṭi (perf. pi-péṣ-a, pi-piṣ-e; cf. ἔ-πτισ-μαι), pī-n-sō (with innovated pīns(u)ī ; beside it pis-tor etc.) `smash'; Balt. and Slav. with the secondary formations Lith. pais-aũ, -ýti `beat off the beards' (beside the primary pis-ù, -ti `coire cum femina'), Slav., e.g. Russ. pich-áju, -átь `thrust, stamp' (beside the primary pšeno `millet' from *pьšenъ ptc. `stamped'). On πτ- against p- elsewhere cf. on πτέρνη. -- Furher forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 1 ff., Pok. 796 and the special dictionaries of the separate languages.Page in Frisk: 2,614-615
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.