- οὑλή
- οὑλήGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `scarred wound, scar' (Od.);Compounds: οὑλο-πρόσωπος `with scarred countenance' (Cat. Cod. Astr.).Derivatives: οὑλόομαι, -όω `to scar, to cause scars' (Arist.) with -ωσις (Gal.), -ωμα (Suid.) `the scarring'.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1144] *u̯el- `draw, tear'Etymology: From *Ϝολσά or *Ϝολνά (Forbes Glotta 36, 242; on the digamma Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 125); without direct non-Greek agreement. Nearest is Lat. volnus n. `wound' with unknown basic form. Uncertain Celt., e.g. Welsh gweli m. `wound', also `blood' (Loth Rev. celt. 41, 208), OIr. fuil f. `blood', MIr. fuili `bloody wounds'. As common basis of these and many other nouns one assumes a verb *u̯el- `draw (to oneself)' in Lat. vellō `tear away' a.o., to which ἁλίσκομαι `be caught' (*u̯elh₃-) is also drawn. Further more or less doubtful, for Greek unimportant cognates in WP.1,305ff. (w. rich lit.), Pok. 1144f., W.-Hofmann a. Ernout-Meillet s. volnus.Page in Frisk: 2,443-444
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.