ζετραία

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Thracian *zetráia (pot).[1] Possibly ultimately from the same source as χύτρα (khútra, pot) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (to pour)), but they could be independent developments.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ζετραίᾱ (zetraíāf (genitive ζετραίᾱς); first declension

  1. Thracian word for χύτρα (khútra, earthen pot, pipkin)

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎[1] (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 14
  2. ^ Adams, D. Q., Mallory, J. P. (2006). The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford, p. 241

Further reading

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