- ἅμαξα
- ἅμαξαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `frame-work, chassis of a foor-wheeled wagon; wagon' (Il.).Compounds: From ἰ-έναι `go' and the το-suffix: ἁμαξιτός `practicable for a wagon' (ὁδός, Pi.), mostly subst. f. `carriage-road' (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Generally derived from ἅμα and ἀξ- (in ἄξων) with suffix -ι̯α, cf. Adrados Emerita 17, 146f. - The interpretation "one-ax-er" (Meriger KZ 40, 217ff.) does not fit the ἅμαξα. Hardly to Toch B amäkṣpänta `wagon-master', Adams Dict. TochB 19 (with unclear IE h₂em-), unless as a loan from Greek. - Bănăt̨eanu REIE 3, 136f. assumes Anatolian origin. Forssman Unters. 8-11 argues that the aspiration is late, which means that the word does not contain ἅμα. Greek has only ἀξον-. One would expect rather `two-ax-ler' (cf. δίφρος). Fur. 221 compares ἀβακλή ἄμαξα Kyr. (i.e. ἀμακ-\/ἀβακ-).Page in Frisk: 1,85-86
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.