- ἄκορνα
- ἄκορναGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `fish thistle, Cnicus Acarna' (Thphr.).Other forms: (σ)όρνος s. below.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: On final short α see Chantr. Form. 100ff. Strömberg Wortstudien 17 compares κόρνος κεντρομυρσίνη, Σικελοί H. and σκόρνος κόρνος, μυρσίνη τὸ φυτόν; the ἀ- a prothetic vowel, not through connection with ἀκ- `sharp'. That ἀκορνός (ὀκορνός) `grasshopper' would come from ἄκορνα, with Strömberg, because grasshoppers live below thistles and feed on them, seems unnecessary, but cf. ἀκανθίας `grasshopper' beside ἄκανθα.The variation ἀ-\/σ-\/zero, the -ρν- and the short -α all point to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 1,55
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.