- γαυλός
- γαυλόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `milk-pail, water-bucket, beehive' (Od.);Other forms: γαῦλος, with different accent (s. Hdn. Gr. 1, 156), a (round) freighter (Epich., s. Chantraine Étrennes Benveniste 7).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Connection with γωλεός and γύαλον (q. vv.) and further OHG kiol, awno. kióll `ship' is considered; same for γυρός. - The gloss γαυλοί: καὶ τὰ Φοινικικὰ πλοῖα γαῦλοι καλοῦνται H. does not prove Phoenician origin. See E. Masson Emprunts sém. 39ff. One limits the comparison now to Hebr. gullā `vase' for oil. - From here Lat. gaulus.Page in Frisk: 1,291-292
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.