- ἀνάγκη
- ἀνάγκηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `force, necessity' (Il.).Other forms: ἀναγκαίη (Il.) cf. Schwyzer 469Derivatives: ἀναγκαῖος `constrained, forced', also `relative' (seit Il.). - Denom. verb: ἀναγκάζω `force, compel' (Ion.-Att., not in Hom.). - κατανάγκη kind of vetch, Ornithopus compressus, used in making philters.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. One compares Celtic words for `necessity, fate': OIr. ēcen, W. angen (\< *ank- \< *h₂enk-); further in Germanic, OHG āhta, NHG. Acht `outlawry'. Also Hitt. ḫenkan `death'. - An IE pre-form of the Greek word can hardly be reconstructed: easiest is *n̥h₂enk, but this is morphologically unclear. Perhaps, then, it is a susbstr. word; for the area of meaning cf. ὕβρις.- NPhr. has anankai(oi) of uncertain meaning.Page in Frisk: 1,101
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.