- ἄρυα
- ἄρυαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: τὰ `Ηρακλεωτικὰ κάρυα H.Other forms: Cf. αὑαρά τὰ Ποντικὰ κάρυα H.; mistake for κάρυα?Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] [61] [531]Etymology: - ἄρυον is considered a variant of κάρυον, s. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 155f.; note however, that the gloss is our only evidence for a form with k-. - With ἄρυα G. Meyer Alb. Wb. 17 compared Alb. arrë f. `nut, nut-tree', OCS orěxъ `nut', with Lith. ríešas, ríešutas `nut', Latv. riẽksts `nut', OPr. buccareisis `beech-nut' (first element bucus `beech'). The BSl. forms have *a\/or- beside *r-, followed by -ei-, so they are very far removed from the Greek forms. - Cf. Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 238, who assumes parallel loans from a non-IE language, which seems probable; note that *kar- cannot be IE (it would require *kh₂r-, which is quite improbable). PIE had no prefix *k- (DELG); one would rather think of a form *qar-, of which the first phoneme (a uvular) was rendered as k- or zero.Page in Frisk: 1,157
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.