- κάκαλα
- κάκαλαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: τείχη. Αἰσχύλος Νιόβῃ (Fr. 166) H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: - Uncertain hypothesis of Solmsen Wortforsch. 215: zu ποδο-κάκκη `piece of wood in which the feet of prisonners were kept' (Leges ap. Lys. et D., Pl. Com. 249, sch. [not in LSJ]), also written -κάκη (after κακός? cf. Harp. u. H. s. v.). (He also compares κιγκλίς `lattice (door)' and Skt. káñcate `bind' (gramm.), kañcuka- `Panzer, Wams, Mieder', Lith. kinkýti `schirren, anspannen', with Lat. cingō `girdle' etc.; W.-Hofmann s. cingō, Pok. 565; on kañcuka- s. Mayrhofer Wb. s. v.). Chantraine comments "rapprochement en l'air".Page in Frisk: 1,757
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.