- κράνον
- κράνονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `cornelian cherry' (Thphr., medic.)Other forms: also κράνος f. (pap., Gp.)Compounds: As 1. member perh. in κρανο-κολάπτης name of a spider (Philum. Ven. 15, 1, sch. Nic. Th. 764), s. Strömberg Wortstudien 22.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [572] *ker- `cornel'Etymology: Usual and earlier attested κράνεια f. `corn. cherry' (Hom., E., Thphr., hell.), also κρανία (Hp., Dsc.), -έα (Gp.). From this κράνειον (-ιον) `id.' (Thphr., Gal.), κρανέϊνος `of wood of ...' (Hdt., X.), also κρανάϊνος `id.' (Hp., X., Str.; after ἐλάϊνος), κράνινος `id.' (Paus.). With κράνον, -ος we can compare Lat. cornum, -us : IE. *kr̥nom, -os. Perh. also Lith. Kirnis name of a god who protects cherries (*kirnas). Doubts in Ernout-Meillet s. cornus, but agreeing Ernout Aspects du vocab. latin 21. (On κέρασος s. v.) Further Bq s. v., W.-Hofmann s. cornus, Pok. 572f.Page in Frisk: 2,7
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.