- *κηκάζω
- *κηκάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `abuse, revile' only aor. subj. κηκάσῃ (Lyc. 1386); κηκαδεῖ (-άζει?) λοιδορεῖ, χλευάζει H.Derivatives: κηκασμός `abuse, scorn' (Lyc.); κηκάς, -άδος f. `abusing, scorning' (γλώσσῃ Call. Fr. 253), perh. as deriv. (Schwyzer 508), also as adjunct of ἀλώπηξ (Nic. Al. 185).Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]Etymology: If from *κᾱκ-, κηκάσῃ agrees with a westgerm. word, OHG huohōn `mock, scorn', huoh `id.'; but this remains only a root equation (IE. *kāk-). Orig. prob. onomatopoetic, cf. the bird name κήξ (s. καύαξ) and καχάζω; s. also κακός. Cf. also Pok. 521 *kāk- in names for `crow, raven'. Hardly IE.Page in Frisk: 1,837-838
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.