Gr. σφήξ 'Wespe' und uridg. *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ-

• Daniel Kölligan ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Würzburg

     University of Würzburg

     Kreisfreie Stadt Würzburg, Alemania

     
• Localización: Indogermanische Forschungen, ISSN 0019-7262, Nº. 125, 2020, págs. 21-32
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • It is argued that Greek σφήξ, σφηκός ‘wasp’ may be derived from the PIE root *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ- ‘be irascible; start a fight’. The insect’s belligerent nature has been noted both in European antiquity and in various cultures around the world. The inverse of Grassmann’s Law (e.g. nom.pl. σφῆκες, not *σπῆχες) seems to be regular in paradigms with word-initial σφ-. The form σφάξ in Theocritus may be hyperdoric.