- κύστις
- κύστις, -εως, -ιος, -ιδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `bladder, pouch, small bag' (Il.), .Other forms: also κύστιγξ (Hp. ap. Gal. 19, 116), after φῦσιγξ (?) (Chantraine Formation 400, Schwyzer 498)Derivatives: κύστη ἄρτος σπογγίτης H. and κύστιον τὸ ἁλικάκκαβον H. (plant-name, after the form of the fruit).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation with τι-sufflx from a verb `blow', Skt. śvas-iti, ptc. acc. śuṣ-ántam (Wackernagel Unt. 227). Further Pok. 631 f., W.-Hofmann s. queror. - Not here κύσθος, κυσός etc. DELG calls the comparison with Lat. queror however far from evident. The connection is possible but is not evident; rather the suffix -ιγξ points to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,56
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.