- πτέλας
- πτέλαςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `wild boar' (Lyc. 833; verse-end); also πτελέα σῦς ὑπὸ Λακώνων H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Ending as in ἐλέφας; perh. connected with πτελέη `elm' (s.v.), but further unexplained. New attempt, to be rejected, to connect πτέλας with Lith. kiaũle `swine', kuilỹs `breeding-swine' and with Skt. kirí- m. `boar', by Merlingen Μνήμης χάριν 2, 58. Arbitrary Holthausen IF 62, 152: to πελιτνός, πελιός etc. Older lit. in Bq. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek (note πτ-).Page in Frisk: 2,610-611
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.