ēter-

    ēter-

    English meaning: intestines

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Eingeweide”

    Material: Gk. Hom. ἦτορ n. “heart” (gen. μεγαλ-ήτορος etc., Eol. form for *ētr̥ , *ἦταρ); ἦτρον “belly, lower abdomen”; O.N. ǣðr f. “vein” (*ēter; through misinterpretation of -r transferred as nominative *-z in the i-Decl., dat. acc. ǣði, pl. ǣdir, ǣðar), O.E. ǣdre, ǣder f. “vein”, pl. also “ kidneys”, O.H.G. üd(a)ra, M.H.G. üder, üdre “vein, sinew; pl. intestines, entrails “, with inn(a) “ inside “, clustered together anfränk. inn-ēthron gl. “fat, lard, grease; intestine fat”, O.S. ūtinnüthrian “disembowel, remove the entrails from”, besides an older composition with in “in” and stress shift *ō in O.H.G. (with suffix exchange) inuodili “ intestine, entrails “; the fact that also O.Ir. inathar “ intestine, entrails “ are deducible from *en-ōtro-, is but barely doubtful; it would have received *enathar (from *en-ōtro-) through influence of the preposition in- being i ; about O.Welsh permed-interedou gl. “that part of the abdomen which extends from the loWest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank”, M.Corn. en-eder-en “ the chief internal organs of the body, significant organs “ s. Loth RC 42, 369; M.Corn. -edercould go back to *-ōtro-, against which O.Welsh word could belong to preposition *enter. from here Av. xvüϑra- “ moments of joy, cheerfulness, contentment “ as *su-ütra-?

    References: WP. I 117, Schwyzer Gk. I 519, Meillet É t. 167 f., Specht Decl. 81.