κέρκηρις

κέρκηρις
κέρκηρις, -εως
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: name of `a water-bird' (PCair. Zen. 388b, IIIa, BGU 1252, 30, IIa), Lat. cerceris (Varro LL 5, 79).
Derivatives: Cf. κερκίων m. s.v.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Compared with querquēdula, which Gloss. 3, 319, 13 a.e. is paraphrased with κερκήδης). - Whether κέρκηρις also belongs to κέρκος or to the group of κρέξ, remains uncertain. S. also W.-Hofmann s. cerceris and querquēdula.
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Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

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