𐀏𐀡

Mycenaean Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós), thus apparently from Proto-Hellenic *kərpós or *karpós, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to cut off; to pluck, harvest”). However, the /ar/ is problematic, and Beekes following García Ramón argues that the expected Mycenaean reflex would be /or/.

Noun

𐀏𐀡 (ka-po) /karpós/

  1. fruit

References

  • John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach (1963) “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, number 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 208 of 157–271: “καρπός”
  • García Ramón, José-Luis (1985) “The Spellings Ta and Ta-ra for Inherited *Tr̥ in Mycenaean: Sound Law, Phonetic Sequence and Morphological Factors at Work”, in Minos, volume 19, numbers 1-2, pages 195–226
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καρπός 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 649
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