- ἧλος
- ἧλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `nail-head; wart, callus' (Il.).Other forms: Dor. ἇλοςCompounds: Compp., e. g. ἀργυρό-ηλος `adorned with silver nails' (Hom.), ἡλο-κόπος `nail-smith' (pap.).Derivatives: Diminutive ἡλάριον (pap.); ἡλῖτις adjunct of λεπίς (Dsc., Aët.; cf. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 112); denomin. verb ἡλόω, mostly with prefix, e. g προσ-, ἐφ-, καθ-ηλόω `nail to' (IA, hell.) with καθήλω-σις, -μα.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Because of γάλλοι ἧλοι, which may stand for Aeolic Ϝάλλοι (no certain traces of the digamma in Hom., as ἀργυρό-ηλος can be metrically conditioned; s. Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 155f.), is ἧλος to be derived from *Ϝάλνος or *Ϝάλσος (cf. on Ἦλις) and could then be equated with Lat. vallus `pole, stake (of a pallissade)' (Wackernagel KZ 25, 261 = Kl. Schr. 1, 205), though the meaning is rather different pace Persson Beitr. 1, 539f. Further see W.-Hofmann s. v. - Improbable hypotheses in Bq (also Add. et corr.).Page in Frisk: 1,632
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.