Zusammenfassung
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.
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- Gr. ἀρτιεπής, ved. ṛtvíya‑ vā́k‑, jav. raϑβiiavacah‑
- Gr. σφήξ ‚Wespe‘ und uridg. *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ-
- Greek ἅρπαξ ‘robber; robbery’
- The last verse of the Middle Phrygian epigram from Dokimeion
- History of the Albanian present suffix ‑i/‑ën from Proto-Indo-European to the modern dialects
- Slavic *ljuby and the heterogeneity of the inflectional class in *‑y
- Meta-Tatian
- Habitual auxiliaries in Ancient Greek
- The nominative/vocative plural of Vedic masculine a-stems in complex nominal expressions
- Zur Entwicklung von ἑκὼν εἶναι im Altgriechischen
- Urindogermanische Lehnwörter in den uralischen und finno-ugrischen Grundsprachen
- Syntax of the Hittite infinitive
- Mihi est from Brythonic to Breton I
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelei
- Inhalt
- Gr. ἀρτιεπής, ved. ṛtvíya‑ vā́k‑, jav. raϑβiiavacah‑
- Gr. σφήξ ‚Wespe‘ und uridg. *(s)bʰeh₁gʰ-
- Greek ἅρπαξ ‘robber; robbery’
- The last verse of the Middle Phrygian epigram from Dokimeion
- History of the Albanian present suffix ‑i/‑ën from Proto-Indo-European to the modern dialects
- Slavic *ljuby and the heterogeneity of the inflectional class in *‑y
- Meta-Tatian
- Habitual auxiliaries in Ancient Greek
- The nominative/vocative plural of Vedic masculine a-stems in complex nominal expressions
- Zur Entwicklung von ἑκὼν εἶναι im Altgriechischen
- Urindogermanische Lehnwörter in den uralischen und finno-ugrischen Grundsprachen
- Syntax of the Hittite infinitive
- Mihi est from Brythonic to Breton I