- βελόνη
- βελόνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `needle' (Arist.)Derivatives: Demin. βελονίς (Hermipp.); both also as fish names, s. Strömberg Fischnamen 36f.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Cf. περόνη etc., Chantr. Form. 207. βάλλω is semantically not evident. Fick 1, 404 therefore connected Lith. geliù, gélti `sting'. β- for δ- Aeolic?Page in Frisk: 1,231-232
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.