- μῶνυξ
- μῶνυξ, -υχοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `with one hoof', mostly plur. of horses as opposed to cattle and sheep with split hooves (Hom., Hdt., Arist.); on the stemformation Sommer Nominalkomp. 96 ff.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [902] *sm̥-h₃nugʰ-Etymology: Acc. to the ancients from *μονϜ(ο)-ονυξ wit syllable-dissimilation and ev. lengthening in compounds (cf. μον-όφθαλ-μος `one-eyed' etc.), which is defended by Runes Glotta 19, 286 f. Since de Saussure Rec. 266 however generally derived from *σμ-ῶνυξ with old zero grade of IE *sem- in eĭ̃s `one' (s.v.). If right, μῶνυξ must be quite old and like μ-ία (= Arm. mi) go back to pre-Greek times, "was nicht besonders wahrscheinlich ist" (Frisk). For μόν(Ϝ)ος one would have expected οἶ(Ϝ)ος (Schwyzer 433 n.3). For *σμ-ῶνυξ a.o. Wackernagel KZ 28, 137 (= Kl. Schr. 1, 619), Bechtel Lex. 230, Brugmann4 198, Risch $ 81, Lejeune Traité de phon. 102, Schwyzer 588 w. n. 3. The reconstructed form must be *sm̥-h₃nugh- \> μω-νυχ-; Beekes, Orbis 20(1971)138 - 142.Page in Frisk: 2,
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.