- λύζω
- λύζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `hiccup' (Hp., Ar., Arist.).Other forms: aor. λύγξαι (Gal.),Compounds: sts. with ἀνα-, ἐπι-, ὑπο-.Derivatives: λυγμός `swallow' (Hp., Arist., Nic.), also = ὀλολυγμός H. (wrong v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 42), with λυγμώδης `accompanied by swallowing' (Hp.); λύγδην adv. `swallowing' (S., AP). Also λύγξ, λυγγός f. `id.' (Hp., Pl., Th.) with λυγγώδης = λυγμώδης (Hp.), λυγγανόμενον λύζοντα ἐν τῳ̃ κλαίειν H., λυγκαίνω `swallow' (Suid.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [964] *sluk- `swallow'Etymology: With λύζω : λύγξ cf. ἰύζω : ἴυγξ, κλάζω : κλαγγ-ί, also βήσσω : βήξ (s. vv.). Whether the verb has priority or the noun, cannot be decided. Morphologically λύγξ can be a backformation from λύζω (\< *λυγ(γ)-ι̯ω; cf. Schwyzer 692) or its basis. - Cognates are found in Celtic and Germanic, e.g. OIr. slucim `swallow' (from *slu-n-k-), Welsh llyncu `id.'; MLG slūken `swallow' (IE *slūg-), MHG slūchen (weak vb.) `id.'; with expressive kk MHG slucken `swallow', with iterative MHG sluckzen 'schluchzen'; so Gr. λ- from σλ-(Schwyzer 310). Further without s- (IE luk-) WRuss. ɫkac `swallow', Pol. ɫkac `id.'. - WP. 2, 711 f., Pok. 964.Page in Frisk: 2,142
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.