- καλαϊς
- καλαί̈ς, -ιδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hen', as masc. `cock'? (IG 4, 914, 3; 21; Epid.Va).Other forms: only acc. -ιδα.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: - No etymology. Mostly taken from καλεῖν (Meister Sächs. Ber. 1899, 153f., Dittenberger SIG 998). Acc. to Bechtel Dial. 2, 510f. from *καλαϜίς, f. from *καλαϜός , prop. "the one calling"; cf. Skt. uṣā-kala- "who calls early", `cock' (s. ἠϊκανός). Fraenkel Glotta 4, 33f. too connects καλαϊς with καλεῖν, but takes the second element as the zero grade (?) of ἀείδειν; i.e. "call-singer"; almost impossible. However, fom καλέω we cannot get *καλα- (as the root ended in -h₁). - Pagliari Arch. glottol. it. 39, 145ff. identifies καλαϊς `hen' with κάλλαϊς `turquoise' (and with κάλαϊς τὸ ἱστίον H.) and also καλάϊνος, and κάλλαιον. - Fur. 125 n. connects Lat. gallus.Page in Frisk: 1,759-760
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.