- κίγκλος
- κίγκλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `dabchick', after H. `ὄρνεον πυκνῶς την οὑρὰν κινοῦν' (Com., Arist.; details in Thompson Birds s. v.); also as name of a fish (κίγκαλος, Numen. ap. Ath. 7, 326a), after the colour?; cf. Strömberg Fischnamen 116.Compounds: As 1. member in κιγκλο-βάτᾱς `going like a dabchick' (ῥυθμός, Ar. Fr. 140). - From it κιγκλίζω prop. "move like a d.", prob. with regard to the tail (cf. H. s. κίγκλος: κιγκλίζειν, ὅ ἐστι διασείεσθαι), `change constantly' (Thgn. 303; cf. on κιγκλίς), also with δια- (trans., Hp., Ar.) and ποτι- (midd., Theoc. 5, 117);Derivatives: κίγκλισις (Hp.), -ισμός (Hp., Men.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The variation (κί(γ)χλος, κίγκαλος, κέγκλος etc.) point to a popular name. No convincing explanation. Not with Fritzsche Curtius' Stud. 6, 315f. as *κέγκλος (with ε \> ι before nasal; Schwyzer 275) to Skt. cañcala- `movable, uncertain', as this word rather come from *cal-cal-a- (with dissimilation) and belongs to cálati = cárati `move' (s. πέλομαι), which cannot be combined with *κέγκλος \> κίγκλος. - The prenasalization shows that the word is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,849
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