- οἶσος
- οἶσος (-ός)Grammatical information: m.Meaning: kind of wicker, `chasteberry' (Thphr., Ael. Dion.).Compounds: οἰσό-καρπον n. `fruit of the οἶ.' (sch., Eust.; on the neutr. cf. on βού-τυρον).Derivatives: οἶσον = σχοινίον H.; οἶσαξ, -ακος f. kind of willow (Gp.); on the formation Strömberg Pfl.namen 78. -- Besides οἰσύ-α -η f. 'λύγος, willow' (Poll.), οἰ. ἀγρία = ἑλξίνη (Ps.-Dsc.), with οἰσυουργός m. `basketmaker' (Eup.), τὰ οἴσυα n. pl. "the basketry" = `basket market' (Lycurg.), οἰσύ-ινος `made of οἰ.' (ε 256, Th.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1120] *u̯ei-t- `wind, bend'; PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: From *Ϝοι-τϜ-ος resp. *Ϝοι-τύ-ᾱ, enlargements of *Ϝοι-τυ-, which is with tu-suffix and old o-ablaut derived from the IE verb u̯ei-'wind, bend'; s. ἰτέα, ἴτυς, with lit. An i-lengthening is seen in OCS větv-ъ f. `branch' from *u̯oi-tu̯-i-. On the formation Schwyzer 506 a. 472, Chantraine Form. 103, on τυ \> συ Schwyzer 272. - The form in -υα does not look very IE; is the word Pre-Greek? Also οἶσαξ looks Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,368
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.