- βάλανος
- βάλανοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `acorn, fruit like -, date', and objects like -, i. e. `stopper'; also name of a fish (Od.).Derivatives: βαλάνιον `acorn-drink' (Nicoch.), `Stuhlzäpfchen' (Mediz.), βαλανίς `stopper' (Hp., pap.), βαλανῖτις `kind of chestnut' (Redard, Noms grec en -της 53 and 70). βαλανωτός `fastened with a β.' (Parm.), βαλανώδης, βαλάνινος `made of dates' (Thphr.), βαλανηρός `like a -' (Thphr.). Verbs: 1. βαλανίζω `shake off - ' (AP, Zen.), `administer a suppository' (Hp.); 2. βαλανόω `fasten with -' (Ar.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [472] *gʷlh₂- `acorn'Etymology: Old IE word. Nearest is Arm. kaɫin, gen. kaɫnoy `acorn' with suffix -eno-, but *gʷl̥h₂-eno- ( \> βάλανος) would give -an- also in Arm. (so analog.); with dental suffix Lat. glans, -ndis (*gʷlh₂-nd-), Russ.-ksl. želudь (\< *zelǫdь \< *gʷlh₂-and-), Alb. lênd m., Tosc. lëndë f. `acorn'. A different formation in Baltic, e. g. Lith. gìlė \< *gʷl̥h₂-ii̯ā `acorn'. - Not to βάλλω which has h₁.Page in Frisk: 1,213
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.