- πυλεών
- πυλεών, -εῶνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `wreath' (Alcm., Call. fr., Pamphil. ap. Ath.); πύλιγγες αἱ ἐν τῃ̃ ἕδρᾳ τρίχες. καὶ ἴουλοι, βόστρυχοι, κίκιννοι H.Other forms: H. also πυλών.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formations like ποδ-εών, λυχν-εών resp. θώμ-ιγγες, λά-ιγγες a.o. from an unknown basis, approx. *πύλος. With this agree remarkably Skt. pulakāh m. pl. `the hairs (of the body) stand on end (das Sträuben der Körperhaare) (pula- `id.' Lex.) and pulastí(n)-'with sparse hair (schlichthaarig)', which also presuppose a *pula-. From Iran. one further adduces Kurd. pūr `hair of the head', from Celt. MIr. ulcha `beard', ul-fota `with long beard'. Lidén Streitberg-Festgabe 226f. Older lit. in Bq and WP. 2, 84 (Pok. 850), also in W.-Hofmann s. 2. pĭlus `hair' (not to this). Doubts in Mayrhofer s. pulakāḥ. Untenable on the morphology Specht Ursprung 209 a. 217. -- Againt "hylläic" origin (to φύλλον etc.; Barić) Mayer Glotta 32, 75. -- All rather uncertain. Does the suffix -ιγγες point to a Pre-Greek word?Page in Frisk: 2,623
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