- κηκίς
- κηκίς, -ῖδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `anything gushing forth, ooze', of blood, purple, pitch, fat (A., S.), `dye from oak-gall, oak-gall' (Hp., D., Thphr.);Dialectal forms: Dor. κακίς,Derivatives: Diminut. κηκίδιον (medic.). - With, as denominative of an ι-stem (Schwyzer 727), κηκίω (Dor. κακίω H.), only present-stem, also with ἀνα-, `gush forth' (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Uncertain. Since Fick 1, 420 compared with Lith. šókti `spring, danc', IE. *ḱāk-. (The (nasalized) form καγκύλας κηκῖδας. Αἰολεῖς is compared with Lith. šankùs `flink', but this cannot be connected as IE.) (Not here Thraco-Phryg. σίκιν(ν)ις `dance of the satyrs in honour of Dionysos' (S., E.). Further, quite uncertain or arbitrary combinations in Solmsen Wortforsch. 145 n. 2. - κηκίς, -ῖδος is from an old ī-stem (Chantraine Formation 347) or a backformation from κηκίω. - I think that the connection with šókti must be abandoned. The word will be Pre-Greek. The prenasalization in καγκύλας proves this; also the suffix -ῑδ- is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,838
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.