- σκῦρος
- σκῦροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `stone-chippings, rubble' (Epid. IVa, H., Poll., Sch. Pi.).Derivatives: σκυρωτὰ ὁδός `road paved with σ.' (Pi. P. 5, 93), τὰ σκυρω[τά] n. pl. (Delos IIIa), σκυρωθῶσι λιθωθῶσιν H. (Hp.?), σκυρώδης `consisting of σ.' (Eust.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Technical word without etymology. Hypothetic combinations by Persson Beitr. 1, 374ff. (s. Bq, WP. 2, 552, Pok. 954): to Lith. skiaurė̃ `small fish-case with holes', kiáuras `with holes', Germ., e.g. OHG scora `shovel', OWNo. skora `scour, scrubb', Skt. skauti `disturb, browse, poke'(?; meaning quite uncertain) etc. -- Here also the island-name Σκῦρος (after the marble-quarries) ? Cf. Fredrich P.-W. 2, 3, 690 w. lit. -- Furnée 366 takes σκῖρος as variant, and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,743-744
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.