- ἶνις
- ἶνις, acc. -ινGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `son, daugter' (A., E. in lyr., Lyc., Call., also Cypr. inscr.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 274 n. 21, v. Wilamowitz Eur. Her. 296).Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations] XEtymology: Acc. to Walde Glotta 13, 127ff. from *ἔν-γν-ις with Cypr. ιν \< εν and assimilation with vowellengthening as in γί̄νομαι; cf. esp. OIr. ingen, Ogam inigena `daugter' and νεο-γν-ός. After Ribezzo Don. nat. Schrijnen 355 (thus Schwyzer 450 n. 3) rather to the expressive ἴννος (ἴννην κόρην μικράν, ἴννους παῖδας H.); cf. Byz. a. MoGr. νινί `child, pupil' (Pantelides Άθ. 40, 34ff.; doubts by Kretschmer Glotta 20, 236). See now Masson, REG 88 (1975) 1-5.Page in Frisk: 1,727
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.