- κάστον
- κάστονGrammatical information: n.?Meaning: ξύλον. Άθαμᾱ̃νες H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Several proposals. Acc. to Pisani Rend. Acc. Lincei 6 : 4, 355ff. from *κάλστον (beside *κάλσον \> κᾶλον, κῆλον [?]; cf. s. v.) and with Skt. kāṣṭhám n. `piece of wood' identical; on the Skt. word Mayrhofer KEWA s. v. Bechtel Dial. 2, 86 reminds (questioning) of Lat. castrāre; Güntert IF 45, 346 compares, phonetically unsatisfactory, κεάζω, κέαρνον; see Kretschmer Glotta 18, 236. V. Blumenthals, Hesychst. 18, suggests that καστόν stands for καυστόν `combustable' with Illyrian development of au to a. - Fur. 164 compares ἄκαστον ἡ σφενδαμνος [`maple'] noting that the hard wood of this tree is excellent for building; further he compares (343) κόστον `wooden part of a carrier'.Page in Frisk: 1,799
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.