- ἀλύτας
- ἀλύταςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: = ῥαβδοφόρος η μαστιγοφόρος (EM 72, 15), police-men in Elis (inscr.).Derivatives: Denominative ἀλυτᾶται (cod. ἀλύταται) παρατηρεῖ H.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.Etymology: Explained as *Ϝαλυ-τᾱς `staff-bearer' to Goth. walus `staff', ON vǫlr id. s. Bechtel Dial. 2, 863, Gött. Nachr. 1920, 247. Krahe Glotta 22, 123f. thinks it is of Illyrian origin. The Greek word is hardly IE inheritance (would be *uh₂lu-). A direct loan from Germanic is improbable, so there will be a third source (as Krahe supposed), but the word may well be non-IE (words with this meaning are very often borrowed).Page in Frisk: 1,80
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.