- κᾱρίς
- κᾱρίςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `name of small crustaceans; see Thompson Fishes s. v.Other forms: -ίδος (Anan., old com.), -ῖδος (middl. com.), also κουρίς, κωρίς (Epich., Sophr.)Derivatives: καρίδιον (Arist.), καριδάριον (Anaxandr.); καριδόω (τὸ σῶμα) `(move the body) like a καρίς, wriggle, twist about like a shrimp' (Anaxandr.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Acc. to Ath. 3, 106b ἀπὸ τοῦ κάρα τὸ πλεῖστον γὰρ μέρος τοῦ σώματος ἡ κεφαλη ἀπηνέγκατο, clearly a folketymology, which was accepted by Ehrlich KZ 39, 556f.: κᾱρίς from *καρσ-ίς, κουρίς, κωρίς aus *κορσίς; for the last basis in any case there is no support (cf. on κόρση). Rather to κάραβος as popular short form; also κουρίς, κωρίς must be popular formations. Bechtel, Gr. Dial. 1, 58 a. 2, 243f. assumed *καϜαρις resp. *κωϜαρις. Cf. Adjarian Mélanges Boisacq 1, 4, who considers καρίς together with Arm. karič `scorpion' as an Asiatic loan. The variation is not understood; DELG pleads for an association with κώρα, κούρα `girl' (hardly understandable). The variation may well point to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 1,788-789
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.