Talk:chereme
Our entry for chereme presently states that the word derives from the Modern Greek χέρι (chéri, “hand”, “arm”); however, google books:chereme "cheri" OR "kheri" does not support this. It does, however, support the alternative theory that (deprecated template usage) chereme instead derives from the Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) — google books:chereme "cheir" OR "kheir". That said, the evidence is also consistent with (deprecated template usage) chereme deriving from the Modern Greek Katharevousa variant χειρ (cheir, “hand”, “arm”). Rarely do academic–technical terms derive from Modern Greek — most come from Ancient Greek; however, I hesitate to change it without consultation because none of the hits yielded by {{b.g.c.}} qualify Greek with Ancient and because the loss of the iota ((deprecated template usage) cheir- → (deprecated template usage) cher-) needs explaining (an intermediate Latin etymon (cf. eirenicon with irenicon) or an extant English suffix (such as *cher- (“hand”)) would do the trick). A referenced pronunciatory transcription would also help me to decide (/ˈkiːɹiːm/ instead of /ˈkɛɹiːm/ would further suggest the Ancient Greek derivation). Anyone know for sure? † ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 22:23, 2 July 2009 (UTC)