- γαύσαπος
- γαύσαποςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `shaggy woollen cloth, frieze' (Str.)Other forms: γαυσάπης (Varro)Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Balcan?Etymology: Acc. to Jokl in W.-Hofmann s. gausapa to Alb. gεzóf `fur from skins, mantle'. But hardly from an IE language. Fur. 119 compares καυσία `Macedonian felt hat' (he often cites, 229 etc. forms of the type *γαυδαπος but these do not exist). From Greek Lat. gausape(s), -a, -um (Lucil.). - Against a aloan from Assyrian (guzippu, kuzippu cloth, H. Lewy KZ 58, 26ff.) s. Hofmann l.c.Page in Frisk: 1,292
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.