- γάρκαν
- γάρκανGrammatical information: ?Meaning: ῥάβδον. Μακεδόνες H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Reminds of γάρρα ῥάβδος; γάρσανα φρύγανα. Κρῆτες H. and γέρρον, s. vv. but the words can hardly be cognate, even if Pre-Greek. - Pisani Acme 1, 312 connected βράκος κάλαμος which also seems difficult; also Belardi Doxa 3, 200f. S. also Kalléris, Macédoniens 1,136f., who suggests that the forms render *Ϝαρκ-\/Ϝρακ-. Forbes, Glotta 36 (1958) 253f.Page in Frisk: 1,290
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
