βύρσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A loanword of unknown, possibly Pre-Greek, origin.[1] Perhaps cognate with Hittite 𒆳𒊭𒀸 (kur-ša-aš); see there for more.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῠ́ρσᾰ • (bŭ́rsăf (genitive βῠ́ρσης); first declension

  1. the skin stripped off a hide, leather
  2. the skin of a live animal

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: bursa (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βύρσα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249

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