δέρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • δείρω (deírō)

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *dérō, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (to tear, tear apart).[1]

    Cognate with English tear, Scots tere, teir, tair (to rend, lacerate, wound, rip, tear out), Lithuanian di̇̀rti (to flay), Dutch teren (to eliminate, efface, live, survive by consumption), German zehren (to consume, misuse), German zerren (to tug, rip, tear), Danish tære (to consume), Swedish tära (to fret, consume, deplete, use up), Icelandic tæra (to clear, corrode).

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    δέρω • (dérō)

    1. to skin, flay

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: δέρνω (dérno)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δέρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 318-9

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