- αἰσάλων
- αἰσάλωνGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `kind of falcon' (Arist.); see Thompson Birds.Other forms: Cf. αἰσάρων εἶδος ἱέρακος H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Etym. unknown. Thracian acc. to Krause (s. αἴσακος). Kretschmer Glotta 11, 281 thought it was substantivised from a Pelasgian-Tyrrhenian *αἴσαρος = ἱερός, cf. ἱέραξ (doubtful). Fur. 387 gives it as pre-Greek with ρ\/λ, of which he has more than 30 examples.Page in Frisk: 1,45
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.