- θύμαλλος
- θύμαλλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of a fish `Thymallus vulgaris, Salmo thymallus' (Ael.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation in -αλλος (vgl. κορύδ-αλ(λ)ος a. o. Chantraine Formation 317), connected with θύμον `thyme' because of the scent (Strömberg Fischnamen 60f.; doubts in Thompson Fishes s. v.). - From there (through Lat. LW [loanword] thymallus) Ital. temolo etc.; s. Meyer-Lübke Rom. et. Wb. No 8721. - As the suffix is Pre-Greek, it is improbable that the basic word was (IE) Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,692
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.