- κνώδαλον
- κνώδαλονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `wild or harmful animal' (ρ 317).Derivatives: κνωδαλώδης (Tz.). - κνώδᾱξ, -ᾱκος m. `pin, pivot', also `sockets for an axe' (Hero, Ph. Bel.) with κνωδάκιον and κνωδακίζω `hang on pivots' (Hero). - κνώδων, -οντος m., in plur. `tooths of a sword or a javelin', in sing. `sword' (S., X.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: To κνώδαλον : κνώδων remember pairs like ἀγκάλη : ἀγκών, ὀμφαλός : Lat. umbō (Schwyzer 483, Chantraine Formation 246); κνωδον-τ- could be secondary for *κνωδον- (Schwyzer 526). In any case κνώδαλον and κνώδων as well as κνώδαξ (on -ᾱξ Schwyzer 497, Chantraine 381; also Björck Alpha impurum 69: from Doric engineering?) go back on a verbal noun *κνωδ(ο-) prob `tooth', prop. "biter, gnawer", which may belong to κνῆ-ν etc. (s. -κναίω). Here also κάναδοι σιαγόνες, γνάθοι H.; κναδ-άλ-λεται κνήθεται H.; not to Lith. kándu `bite, s. on γνάθος. These words are no doubt Pre-Greek; we noted that κναδ- cannot have an IE preform (s. on -κναίω; καναδ- has a strange un-IE `ablaut'. I am not sure that κνώδαξ belongs with the other words. S. also κνώψ.See also: S. auch κνώψ.Page in Frisk: 1,887-888
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.