- ῥίσκος
- ῥίσκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `chest, box' to preserve adornment and money (Antiph., hell.).Compounds: ῥισκο-φύλαξ, -άκιον `treasurer' resp. `treasure room' (hell.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Like NHG Kiste, Koffer and many synonyms prob. a LW [loanword]. After Donatus (on Ter. Eun. 754) Phrygian. In this cannectian by Thumb Die gr. Spr. im Zeitalter des Hell. (1901) explained as Celt. LW [loanword] (cf. OIr. rūsc `[basket of] bark') from Galatian through Phryg. mediation (because of the change u \> i). -- IE hypothesis by Prellwitz and Persson Beitr. 1, 344 (s. Bq and WP. 1, 278, also Pok. 1158). Lat. LW [loanword] riscus. Note the synonymous rhiming word Lat. fiscus (origin debated).Page in Frisk: 2,659
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.