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ῥέμβω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *wremb-, a nasal-infixed form of *werb- (to turn, twist, bend), from *wer-, and compared with Middle Low German wrimpen, Lithuanian reñgtis, Latin vertō (to turn, bend), Old English weorpan (to throw away), English versus.

However, Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin instead, based on the strange structure of the supposed Indo-European root, as well as interchange in labials π/β/φ of the word's derivatives and relatives, and assigns a Pre-Greek origin.[1]

On the other hand, Kroonen maintains an Indo-European origin, deriving the Greek from *wremgʷ-, a nasal-infixed form of a root *wergʷ- (to bend, spin, warp), comparing Proto-Germanic *werpaną (to throw, cast).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ῥέμβω (rhémbō)

  1. to turn in circles
  2. (middle voice) to roam, rove about
    1. (figuratively) to be unsteady, act at random

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “*ῥέμβομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1280
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*werpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 581

Further reading

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