- ἀρήν
- ἀρήν, ἀρνόςGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `sheep, lamb' (Il.).Other forms: Nom. ῥήν A. R. 4, 1497, from the compounds; ῥᾶνα· ἄρνα prob. Elean.Dialectal forms: Myc. wereneja \/wrēneja\/ in a list of leather goods; woroneia \/worneja\/; waniko \/warniskos\/, found as a PN in class. lg. In Gortyn Ϝαρήν.Compounds: πολύ-ρρην \< *πολύ-Ϝρην \< *urh₁-n-.Derivatives: ἄρνειος `of a sheep or lamb' (Hdt.), like αἴγειος, βόειος (Chantr. Form, 50f.); - ἀρνακίς `sheepskin' (Ar.), haplol. fem. of *ἀρνό-νακος? - Uncertain ἀρνειός, ἀρνευτήρ (s. v.). βάννεια· τὰ ἄρνεια, καὶ τὰ βάννιμα τὸ αὐτὸ H. (cf. Chantr. Form. 61). Popular ἄριχα (acc.) ἄρρεν πρόβατον H., βάριχοι (= Ϝ-) ἄρνες H. (Chantr. Form. 403; the absence of the nasal is unexplained), confirmed by PN Ϝαριχος Tarente.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1170] *urh₁-en- `lamb'Etymology: ἀρήν \< Ϝαρήν agrees with Arm. gar̄n, -in (n-Stamm) `lamb'. Skt. úraṇ-a- continues *ur̥h₁-en- m. `id.'; cf. MPers. varak `ram'. The original inflection was *urh₁-ēn, *urh₁-en-m, *urh₁-n-os \> *Ϝαρ-ην, *Ϝαρ-εν-α, *Ϝρη-ν-ος; so Ϝαρ-ν- is due to a reshaping. Not to εἶρος `wool' which is from *ϜέρϜος, nor to Lat. vervēx.Page in Frisk: 1,137-138
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.