- κελαινός
- κελαινόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `black, dark' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member e. g. (with haplology) in κελαι(νο)-νεφής `with black clouds', of Ζεύς (Hom., Pi.); also of αἷμα (Hom.), of πεδίον, σκότος (Pi.), for the explanation Leumann Hom. Wörter 202ff.Derivatives: Denomin. verbs: κελαινόομαι `get dark' (A. Ch. \>413, lyr.), κελαινιάω `be black' (Opp., Nonn.; after the verbs of disease in -ιάω, Schwyzer 732).Origin: XX [etym. unknown], PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Morphologically isolated and therefore difficult to assess. For the ending cf. περκνός, ἐρεμνός a. o., but κελαι- remains unclear. If one assumes a ιο-suffix (with metathesis) we arrive at an n-stem, which may be found in Lat. colum-ba `dove' (after the colour), Prellwitz BB 22, 102f. (Skt. kalaṅka- m. `spot, dirt' is prob. of Dravidian origin (Mayrhofer KEWA. s. v.). - Further s. κηλίς. - One might think of a Pre-Greek *kelany-o-, with palatalized n.Page in Frisk: 1,813-814
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.