Zoodochos, Ioannina
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Zoodochos | |
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  Zoodochos | |
| Coordinates: 39°41′29″N 20°45′53″E / 39.69139°N 20.76472°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zitsa |
| Municipal unit | Pasaronas |
| Elevation | 626 m (2,054 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 531 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Zoodochos (Greek: Ζωοδόχος, before 1955: Ζοντίλα, Zontila)[2][3] is a settlement in Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The village is located in the Kourenta area.[4]
The local form of the placename Tzontila is derived from the Albanian word çotill/ë -a, meaning 'stamp, wooden tool used to churn butter'.[4] It stems from the Albanian toçill/ë, -a, 'potter's wheel', which evolved through metathesis from Slavic words for whetstone, rendered as točilo in Bulgarian and točilj in Serbian.[5]
The placename was formed as tšotila, earlier çottila.[6] The tš sound became dž due to the nasal n in the preceding preposition or article in the expression zn tšotila, later zn džudila.[6] Additionally, the t was assimilated into d to match the preceding voiced consonant of dž-t to dž-d, and the unstressed o narrowed into an u sound.[6] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the toponym's Albanian origin is also supported by the formation of the demonyms dždilat -s (masculine), dždilat -sa (feminine), which use the Albanian suffix -at(i) to form family and ethnic names.[6]