Κανδήλα

candle, torch

Translated by Ryan Stone11 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

12 words

[sc. The word is derived] from the [phrase] burning [kai/ein] clearly [dh=la].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κανδήλα· παρὰ τὸ καίειν δῆλα.

Betacode

*kandh/la: para\ to\ kai/ein dh=la.

cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 297.21, Orion [Author, Myth] 178.99. Actually the word is a borrowing from Latin candela and occurs only in late Greek.