- ῥαιβός
- ῥαιβόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `crooked, bent inward', esp. of legs (cf. Fraenkel, Μνήμης χάριν 1, 100; Arist., Nic.).Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in ῥαιβο-ειδής `crooked of shape' (Hp.).Derivatives: ῥαιβ-ηδόν `in bendings' (Euph.), -όω `to bend' (Lyc., Gal.), -ότης f. `bendedness' (Eust.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The words in -βός express often a corporeal defect, e.g. κολοβός, κλαμβός, σκαμβός, ὑβός; the β may belong to the root (στραβός). Also in ῥαιβός the β is old and inherited, if the comparison with Germ., e.g. Goth. wraiqs 'σκολιός' is reliable: IE *u̯roigʷo- or *u̯roig-u̯o- (Aufrecht KZ 12, 400, Persson Beitr. 1, 502 n.1). On the α-vowel cf. κλαμβός a.o. above, also λαιός, σκαιός (w. old u̯o-suffix). Other proposal, not to be preferred by Solmsen KZ 34, 552: to Lith. sráigė `snail' (s. Fraenkel s.v.). -- Further details (parly diff.) w. lit. in Bq, WP. 1, 279, Pok. 1158, Feist Vgl. Wb. s. wraiqs. Cf. ῥοικός, also ῥυβός. -- The vocalism can only be explained if we assume *wreh₂ig-u̯-, which cannot be combined with *u̯roig-u̯-; so the word is prob. not IE, and may be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,639
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.