Talk:ζῦθος

Etymology

@JohnC5 (and please ping anyone else who may be interested): This should come from Egyptian, but I'm not sure if there's even a proposed etymon. It would be good to have a sourced etymology before this is featured as FWOTD. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 21:23, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

@Metaknowledge: Beekes gives:

• ETYM The meaning suggests Egyptian origin (Sommer 1905: 153, Peruzzi Humanitas 1 (1947): 138f., Nencioni Stud. ital. fil. class. 16 (1939): 21²). The comparison with ζύμη might point to IE origin (Schrader-Nehring 1917(1): 143). The variation θ/τ seems to point to Pre-Greek, but there is no confirmation. A Greek suffix -θος; is doubtful; cf. Chantraine 1933: 365-8. Henning (Henning BSOAS 11 (1943-1946): 720 and Henning BSOAS 28 (1965): 245) thinks that the word was taken from Scythian; cf. Sogd. zwtk (read: zute) 'alcoholic drink, beer', as in the case of ►ἀκῑνάκης.

I know this is not supremely helpful. It seems like we don't have anything very good to go on. —JohnC5 03:59, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

@JohnC5: Thank you. I have added a short summary of that as the etymology; please feel free to stick in Beekes' citations or add to it howsoever you wish. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 06:03, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

@JohnC5, Metaknowledge: Thanks for the research, guys. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 13:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC)