σκαμνίον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σκαμνίν (skamnín), σκαμνί (skamní), σκάμνον (skámnon)

Etymology

Diminutive of Koine Greek σκάμνον (skámnon), borrowed from Latin scamnum.

Noun

σκαμνίον • (skamníon) f (plural σκαμνία)

  1. (Byzantine) bench
  2. (Byzantine) stool

Descendants
  • Greek: σκαμνί (skamní)
  • Romani: skamin
  • → Old East Slavic: скамиꙗ (skamija)
    • Russian: скамья́ (skamʹjá), скамля́ (skamljá)
      • → Azerbaijani: skamya
      • → Bashkir: эскәмйә (eskəmyə)
      • → Central Kurdish: ئەسکەمِل (eskemil), ئەسکەمِلی (eskemilî)
      • → Kyrgyz: скамья (skamya)
      • → Uzbek: skameyka
      • → Western Mari: скамня (skamńa)
    • Ukrainian: скамна́ (skamná), скамня́ (skamnjá), скам'я́ (skamʺjá)
    • → Bulgarian: скамейка (skamejka)
  • Turkish: iskemle
  • → Old Georgian: სკამი (sḳami)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: skámija

References
  • Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “σκαμνίον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 991b
  • Lampe, G. W. H. (1961) “σκαμνίον”, in A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1235b
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скамья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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