- κεμάς
- κεμάς, -άδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `young deer, young dog' (Κ 361, A. R., Call.).Other forms: also κεμμάς (Q. S., AP, H.; hypocor. gemination? and κεμφάς (H.; after the animal's names in -φάς, -φος as γρομφάς?)Compounds: κεμαδο-σσόος `hunting young deer' (Nonn.).Derivatives: κεμήλιος surn. of Dionysos (Alc. G 1, 8); after the dress, cf. Gentili Maia 2 : 3-4, 2f., Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 570f.; suffix however remarkable; cf. Risch IF 33, 195 with other interpretations; s. also on κειμήλιον. Note also κέμων (s. v.)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [556; cf. 929 *sḱem-] *ḱem- `without horn'Etymology: Deriv. in -άς, either from an o-stem *κέμος = Skt. śámaḥ `without horn' (cf. λίθος : λιθάς) or from an m-stem (νίφ-α : νιφάς), also found in the German. word for `(female) dog', e. g. OHG hinta f. (PGm. *hin-ðī́ [-ði̯ō] \< IE. *ḱem-tī́ like hund, PGm. *hun-ða- \< IE. *ḱu̯n̥-tó-; s. κύων). Direct suffixal connection between κεμάς and the German. word is not to be supposed. The zero grade of the m-stem is retained in Lith. šm-ùlas `without horn'. Lubotsky, System 76 assumes *ḱemh₂-. - Wrong Specht Ursprung 132 a. 264. Cf. also Lüders KZ 56, 282ff.Page in Frisk: 1,818-819
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.