πουκρίς

πουκρίς

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `river perch, Perca fluviatilis' (inscr. Acraiphia before 224 - 210 B.C.)

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820] *perḱ- `motley'

Etymology: It is the same word as περκίς f. the small perch' (Dsc.). The word would be a metathesis of *πρυκ-ίδ- \< *pr̥ḱ-, with ρυ from r̥, written πουκριδ- in Boeotian; cognate with πρακνόν, πρεκνός etc., s. πρόξ, περκνός. Taillardat Nomina Rerum 387-9.