- ἰκνύς
- ἰκνύς, -ύοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `dust, ashes' (Cyrene); (Hp. Nat. Mul. 88).Other forms: cf. ἴκνυον κονίαν, σμῆμα H. and ἰγνύς `id.' (Hp. Nat. Mul. 88).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like λιγνύς `smoke, soot'. Acc. to v. Blumenthal Hesychstud. 39 to IE seikʷ- `dry' (Pok. 894). Cf. W.-Hofmann s. ignia, which comes from Greek. The variation proves a Pre-Greek word. Fur. 118 compares λιγνύς (above), without referring to his p. 391 on λ\/0. (He further compares 298 λιγνύς with ἀλισγέω `pollute', which I find formally difficult).Page in Frisk: 1,718
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
