- ἐρείκη
- ἐρείκηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `heath, Arica arborea' (A., Eup.).Compounds: As 2. member prob. in ὑπ-έρεικος f. (Nic.), -ον n. (Hp., Dsc.; written ὑπερικόν) `Hypericum'; Strömberg Wortstudien 42.Derivatives: ἐρείκια n. pl. `heath-plants', ἐρείκινος `from heath' (pap.), ἐρεικηρός `id.' (medic.), ἐρεικαῖον (scil. μέλι) n. `honey from heath' (Plin.). PN Έρείκεια with Έρεικειεύς (Attica IVa; written Έρικ-, prob. itacistic.; cf. Meisterhans3 42 und 53), Έρεικοῦς λόφος (Asia Minor IVa), Έρεικοῦσσα island near Sicily (Str. u. a.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Celtic and Balto-Slavic designations of heather resemble ἐρείκη, if from *Ϝερείκᾱ, but do not agree completely: OIr. froech, Welsh grug \< IE *u̯roiko-; Latv. virši pl., Lith. vir̃zis, Russ. véres, véresk a. o. with unclear velar final. Acc. to Machek Lingua posnan. 2, 158f. ἐρείκη and véres etc. were borrowed from a common source. - See Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. véres. Unconvincing Specht Ursprung 164 und 206.Page in Frisk: 1,551
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.