- πτύον
- πτύονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `winnowing-shovel' (Ν 588, A., S. in Fr., Theoc.).Other forms: acc. to Ael. Dion. a.o. (young)att. πτέον.Derivatives: Dimin. πτυάριον n. (Hdn., EM) and δίπτυον Κύπριοι μέτρον, οἱ δε τὸ ἡμιμέδιμνον H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Of old (s. Curtius 498) compared with Skt. pávate, punā́ti `purify', a.o. of corn, then also with OHG fowen (PGm. *fawjan) `sieve, purify corn' (Prellwitz) (further WP. 2, 13, Pok. 827), which supposes secondary πτ- as in πτέρνη, πτίσσω. The form πτέον only mentioned by grammarians and by them explained as Att. is unexplained (acc. to Kalén Quaest. gramm. gr. 13 ff. from πτύον through spontaneous change υ \> ε; on this Schwyzer 183 f.), if one does not accept old full grade (with second. πτύον after πτύω?; cf. Curtius l.c.). -- The variation prob. points to a Pre-Greek word (Furnée 314).Page in Frisk: 2,615-616
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.