- πηλαμύς
- πηλαμύς, -ύδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `(young) tuna' (S. Fr. 503, Phryn. Com., Arist.).Other forms: also παλαμίς (Cyran.).Derivatives: -υδεία f. `catching of tuna', -υδεῖον n. `site for catching tuna's' (Str.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Prob. from πηλός `mud' after its abode, s. Strömberg Fischnamen 79ff. (also 128ff.) with extensive argumentation; as 2. member one assumes ἀμύς = χελώνη λιμναία (s. v.). -- Otherwise (e.g. Chantraine Form. 348) usu. taken as foreign word. -- The word is no doubt Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,527-528
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.