- ἠικανός
- ἠικανόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: ὁ ἀλεκτρυών HOrigin: IE [Indo-European] [86] *h₂ues- `lighten'Etymology: Prop. `early-singer', comp from ἠι- (for *αυσι-, to ἕως, old loc.) and a verb for `to sing' in Lat. canō, NHG Hahn. On the accent Wackernagel Philol. 95, 182f.; on the factual basis Amman Glotta 25, 1ff.; further Wolters FS Lambros 486ff and Kretschmer Glotta 27, 23f. Synonymous formations with cognate elements in Skt. uṣā-kala- and Old- and NewIcel. ār-gali m. `cock' (Lidén Meijerbergs arkiv f. svensk ordforskn. 1 (1939) 84ff. w. useful details).
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.