- εἴλιγγος
- εἴλιγγοςGrammatical information: m., often plur.Meaning: `whirling, whirl-pool' (Hp., Pl.),Other forms: εἶλιγξ (ἶλ-), -γγος m. (D. S. u. a.). ἴλ-Derivatives: Denomin. verb εἰλιγγ-ιάω (ἰλ-) `have whirlings' (Ar.); with εἰλιγγιώδης `have vertigo's' (gloss.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Form in -ιγγ(ο)- (Schwyzer 498, Chantr. Form. 398ff.), either direct from εἰλέω `turn, wind' or through an unknown noun. Initial εἰ- from the present (cf. 2. εἰλέω); a prothet. ἐ- (Solmsen Unt. 243f. as alternative) is superfluous. On ἰλ- for εἰλ- cf. ἴλη. - See 2. εἰλέω. Uncertain is Toch. B wai walau `vertigo' (two words?), s. v. Windekens Lexique étymologique 150, Sieg OLZ 46, 137. - The word could well be Pre-Greek and have nothing to do with εἰλέω.Page in Frisk: 1,459
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.