- ἔταλον
- ἔταλονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: a young animal, a `yearling' (Schwyzer 644, 18; Aegae IV-IIIa),Other forms: also ἔτελον (ib. 252, 11; Kos IIIa: τοῦ μεν ἐτέλου as opposed to τοῦ δε τελείου `full grown animal').Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1175] *u̯et- `year'Etymology: Except for the genus identical with Lat. vitulus `calf', Umbr. vitluf `vitulōs' (with irreglular i for e); here also as Iran. LW [loanword] wotjak. vetël `calf, two-year old cow' (Jacobsohn IF 46, 339). We must start from an IE word for `year', Gr. ἔτος, IE *u̯étos- n., with Skt. vats-á- `calf'. On ἔτος : ἔτελον, ἔταλον cf. e. g. νέφος : νεφέλη, ἄγκος : ἀγκάλη; so the change -αλο- : -ελο- could be old? I doubt this; it could be Pre-Greek. See on ἐπη-ετανός, s. v. (An r-stem in Germ., e. g. Goth. wiÞrus `(one-year) lamb', NHG Widder, IE *u̯et-r(u)-. - See ἔτος; further W.-Hofmann s. vitulus.Page in Frisk: 1,579-580
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.