- κνῆκος
- κνῆκοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `saflour, Carthamus tinctorius' (Hp., Arist., Thphr.);Dialectal forms: Myc. kanako.Compounds: as 1. member e. g. in κνηκο-φόρος `carrying safflour' (pap.).Derivatives: κνηκός, Dor. κνᾱκός `yellow, safflour-coloured', usu. of a goat (Thespis, S. Ichn. 358, Theoc., AP), but also of the wolf (Babr.). κνήκιον `clover, σάμψουχον' (Dsc., Ps.-Dsc.); κνά̄κων, -ωνος m. `bock' (Theoc.), κνᾱκίας m. `wolf' (Babr.); κνήκινος `from safflour' (pap., Dsc.), κνηκώδης `safflour-like' (Thphr.); κνηκίτης (λίθος) name of a yellowish stone (Hermes Trism.; cf. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 55); κνηκίς, -ῖδος f. `bleak spot, esp. in heaven' (Call., Plu.; cf. κηλίς and Chantraine Formation 347), also name of a kind of antelope. (H.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [564] *knh₂kó- `yellow as honey or gold'Etymology: Resembling words for `yellow etc.', or yellowish material are Skt. kāñcana- n. `gold, money', adj. `golden', m. plant-name, OPr. cucan (= cuncan) `brown' and the Germ. word for honey, OHG honag etc.; the vowelvariation is unclear. The Greek word was prob. orig. adj. (κνῆκος with oppositive barytonesis); the plant was prob. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 270 introduced from Egypt. Pok. 564f. and Mayrhofer KEWA. s. v. (with some doubt).Page in Frisk: 1,882-883
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.