- κύαρ
- κύαρ [zie κυεω]Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `eye of a needle, orifice of the ear' (Hp., Poll.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [592] *kuh₂-r `swell'?Etymology: Old r-stem, with thematic tranformation in Av. sūr-a- m. `hole, lacuna' (IE. *ḱūr-o-), further with other ablaut Arm. sor `hole' (IE. *ḱou̯er-o- ?); but hardly Lat. caverna (Etruscan ?; W.-Hofmann s.v.; diff. Specht Ursprung 350). An alternating l-stem is supposed in κύλα τὰ ὑποκάτω τῶν βλεφάρων κοιλώματα H. (s.v.); further κοῖλος `hollow' from *κοϜιλ-ος. With sufflx Lat. cavus `hollow' (s. κοῖλος). See also on κῶος `cave' (s. v.). - The words are generally connected with the group of κυέω assuming a basic `curvation' (with `inside c.' \> `hollowing', resp. `ouside c.' \> `vaulting'; s. Pok. 592ff., W.-Hofmann s. cavus). If there is a connection at all, we must rather start from a meaning `blow (up)'; cf. Skt. śūna- `swelled up, grown up', śū́na n. `empty, lack', śūnyá- `empty, hollow'.Page in Frisk: 2,38
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.