- κερχνηΐς
- κερχνηΐςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `kind of falcon', prob. `kestrel, wind-hover, Falco tinnunculus'.Other forms: -ίδος (-ῄς, -ῃ̃δος) (Ar. Av. 304, 589 ), also κεγχρηΐς, -ρίς (Arist., Ael.), κέγχρη (Arist.), κέρχνη (H.)Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: From κέρχνος `raw voice, hoarseness' with the same variation as in χλωρηΐς adjunct of the nightingale (: χλωρός) a. o. (Chantraine Formation 345f.); also κέρχνη after the η- (ᾱ-) fem.; κεγχρηΐς etc. through metathesis?, but hardly after κέγχρος `millet'; see Thompson Birds s. κεγχρηΐς. DELG defends the connection with κέγχρος.Page in Frisk: 1,833
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.