στόρνυμι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • στορνύω (stornúō), στρώννῡμι (strṓnnūmi), στρωννύω (strōnnúō), στορεννύω (storennúō), στορέννυμι (storénnumi)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *stórnūmi, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (to spread, extend).[1] Likely related to Swedish strö (spread, sprinkle).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

στόρνῡμι • (stórnūmi)

  1. to smooth out, spread

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Greek: στρώνω (stróno)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στόρνυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1409-10

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