- ἀλκυών
- ἀλκυών -όνοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `kingfisher, Alcedo ispida' (Il.).Other forms: also ἁλκυών (after ἅλς),Derivatives: ἁλκυδών (Hdn. Gr. 2, 285) after other bird-names in -δων (from here Lat. alcēdo).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: S. Thompson Birds s. v. Origin unknown; prob. a loan from a non-IE language (cf. Fur. 303 n. 39 on substr. words in -ων.) For the suffix cf. ἀλεκτρυών, Ruijgh Minos 9 (1968) 152f. - Improb. Venneman, Germ. Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 1, 1996, 113-145.Page in Frisk: 1,75
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.