- καύαξ
- καύαξMeaning: λάρος H., name of a sea-bird, `seaswallow? (s. Thompson Birds s. v.).Other forms: καύηξ, -ηκος m. (Antim., hell.), also κήξ f. (ο 479) and κῆϋξ m. (Babr., Dionys. Av.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Ending as in ἱέραξ, ἴρηξ a. o. (Chantraine Formation 380). No etym. One mentions bird names like Welsh cuan `screech-owl' and other Celtic words, from where Lat. cavannus `id.', OHG (with regular sound-shift) hūwo `owl'; with internal velar (reduplicated) καυκαλίας ὄρνις ποιός, καυκιάλης ... ὄρνις H. [Skt. koka- m. name of a kind of goose (also `wolf'), hardly here.] Lith. kaukỹs m. name of a crying bird etc. Further primary verbs as Skt. káuti `cry', Lith. kaũkti `howl, moan' etc.; cf. on κωκύω. - Further forms Pok. 535f. and in the etym. dict., e. g. W.-Hofmann s. cavannus, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. kaũkti, Mayrhofer s. káuti; also Bq s. v. - καύαξ πανοῦργος Suid. as term of abuse from the comedy? s. Kretschmer KZ 31, 354. - The word with -ακ- is prob. Pre-Greek (so the second velar does not belong to the root). Cf. on κῶβαξ.Page in Frisk: 1,801-802
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
