- κεκῆνας
- κεκῆναςGrammatical information: ?Meaning: λαγωούς. Κρῆτες H.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [533, not *ḱas-] *ḱ(e)h₁-(e)s- `grey'Etymology: Uncertain. For the formation cf. λειχήν, κωλήν a. o. (Chantraine Formation 167f., Schwyzer 487). The connection with Skt. śaśá- `hare' (see Mayrhofer Stud. z. idg. Grundspr. 27ff.), with sec. śaśati `jump', supposes a dialectical IE. assimilation ḱ-s \> ḱ-ḱ (Schwyzer 302), as śaśá- cannot be separated from the widespread name of the hare (Germ., e. g. OHG haso, OPr. sasins, Welsh cein-ach \< *ḱasnī). But the assimilation is not found in Newiran. and Pamirforms (e. g. Pashto sōe, Wakhi süi, Morgenstierne Pashto 66). - (Solmsen Wortforsch. 144f. connects κεκήν with a Slavic, Germanic and Celtic verb for `jump etc.', e. g. OCS skočiti `jump', OHG scëhan `hurry, move rapidly', Welsh scochid `recedes, goes on', IE. skek-; κεκήν from a variant *kek-?) - Lubotsky, New Sound of IE, 1989, 56f, reconstructed ḱeh₁-s-, *ḱh₁-s-, with *ḱh₁s-no- \> Lat. cānus `grey'.Page in Frisk: 1,812
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.