- κόνυζα
- κόνυζαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `name of a strong smelling plant, `fleabane, Inula (viscosa, graveolens, britannica)'; (Hekat., Arist., Thphr., Dsc.),Other forms: also σκόνυζα (Pherecr.) and κνύζα (Theoc.) \> NGr. (Calabr.) kliza (Rohlfs ByzZ 37, 53, Wb. s. v.).Derivatives: κονυζήεις `κ.-like' (Nic.), κονυζίτης (οἶνος) `seasoned with κ.' (Dsc., Gp.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 97).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like μώλυζα, μάνυζα, ὄρυζα, κόρυζα a. o. Formed from κονίς (s. v.), with dialectal κνύζα as reshaping after κνύω? On the other hand κνύζα (\< *κνύγ-ι̯ᾰ?) has een compared withOWNo. hnykr (PGm. *hnuki-, IE. *knugi-) `stench' (to which κνόος, κνύω) Torp in Fick 3, 100. If so, κόνυζα could be reshaping after κονίς (acc. to Schwyzer 278 -ο- epenthesis.) - The variation rather points to a Pre-Greek word (note also the σ-); Fur. 183, 381.Page in Frisk: 1,913-914
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.