- κολοιός
- κολοιόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `jackdaw, Corvus monedula' (Il., Pi., Ar., Arist.).Derivatives: κολοιώδης `j.-like' (Plu.) and κολοιάω (Poll. 5, 89), -ῳάω (Β 212) `cry (like a j.)', κολῳέω `id.' (Antim. 37); as backformation κολῳός `screeching' (Α 575, A. R. 1, 1284), κολοιή φωνή H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation (after αἰγυπιός?) and origin unexplained. Onomatopoetic origin (Bq as supposition), though acceptable, cannot be substantiated (not to κέλαδος, καλέω). After Specht Ursprung 145 to OE hlyn `noise' with `ablaut' (o)i : u (?). Cf. κολοίφρυξ. - That κολῳάω, -ῳός should be separated from κολοιάω, -οιός (e. g. Bq), is very improbable. The special notation with -ῳ- (in ἐκολῴα Β 212) arose perhaps as (metrically lengthened) mixform of *ἐκολόα (with regular loss of the intervocalic ι as in Lesb. εὑνόαν a. o.; Schwyzer 236) and *ἐκολοία; cf. also κολουᾶν θορυβεῖν H. - The variation may be of Pre-Greek origin.Page in Frisk: 1,901
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.