- κελεός
- κελεόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `green woodpecker, Picus viridis' (Arist.).Compounds: PG [Pre-Greek]Derivatives: Formation like γαλεός, θυρεός, εἰλεός a. o. (Chantraine Formation 51). Perh. as "the hacker, cutter" v. s. with κελοί = ξύλα (H. s. κελέοντας) to κολάπτω, κόλος (s. vv.)?. Acc. to Bechtel KZ 44, 357 to Lith. kùlti `thresh'; doubts in Kretschmer Glotta 5, 309. Huber Comm. Aenip. 9, 16 sees in the variating tradition (vv. ll. καλιός, κολιός etc.) a sign of foreign origin. Some see a diminutive in κελεΐς ἀξίνη H. ("the hacking"). That the variation points to a Pre-Greek word is probable.Page in Frisk: 1,815
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.