παλάθη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Has often been connected with πλάσσω (plássō, to knead), παλάμη (palámē, flat of the hand) and πέλανος (pélanos, dough, pulp). However, the semantics of this etymology are not compelling. Furnée compares παλάσια (palásia, harvested figs), suggesting a Pre-Greek etymology due to the variation “θ/σ”, but this points to Semitic origin, since “fig” is precisely what Amharic / Tigrinya / Tigre / Gurage / Ge'ez በለስ (bäläs) and Arabic بَلَس (balas) mean and that Ethiopic word even translates the Greek in the Bibles.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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παλάθη (paláthēf (genitive παλάθης); first declension

  1. cake of preserved fruit, fruitcake

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: palatha

References

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