- ἴννος 2
- ἴννος 2Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `(young) mule', = γίννος (Arist.; more on the meaning in H. s. v. and Meister KZ 32, 143ff., with a wrong etymology).Compounds: As 2. member prob. in ὄν-ιννος name of an animal, s. v.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Like γίννος unexplained foreign word with hypocoristic gemination. Assuming a basic *ἴσνος Brugmann IF 22, 197ff. (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 2, 351, where onomatopoet. origin is considered) through Pont. *išno- to connect Arm. ēš, pl. išan-k` `ass'. - Lat. LW [loanword] hinnus with h- after hinnīre. Cf. on ὄνος.Page in Frisk: 1,727-728
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.