- καγκύλας
- καγκύλαςGrammatical information: acc. pl.Meaning: κηκὶδας. Αἰολεῖς H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Cf. κογχύλαι κηκῖδες H. and κογχύλια τὰ ὄστρεα. καὶ ραι. Oettinger, General Linguistics 40, 2003(2000), 71ff. concludes that καγκ- is just a mistake. However, the variation α\/ο is typical for Pre-Greek, as is κ\/χ, so that I see no reason to reject our form. - Of course the word has nothing to do with NHG Hengst etc. (Frisk 838 connects Lith. šankus `mobile', but this cannot be correct as the variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek.) - Note that ab α before υ in the following syllable would have become ο (as in κογχυλ-).
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
