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πηδόν

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pēd-ó- (sole, footstep), from *ped- (to walk, step) (whence also Latvian pēda (foot) and Lithuanian pėdà (foot)), with semantic development "foot" > "flat and low object" > "rudder of a ship".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πηδόν (pēdónn (genitive πηδοῦ); second declension

  1. oar blade, hence generally, oar

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Byzantine Greek: *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, helmsman)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πηδόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1185

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