- σέλαχος
- σέλαχοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `cartilageous fish' (Hp., Arist. a. o.).Other forms: mostly pl. -άχη.Derivatives: Dimin. σελάχ-ιον n., also des. for small crustaceans (com. a. o.), -ιος `cartilaginous', of fishes (late), -ώδης `belonging to the cartilaginous fishes' (Arist.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation as τέμαχος, τάριχος, στέλεχος. Already by Galenos connnected with σελας because of the the phosphorescing light of certain cartilaginous fishes (Strömberg Fischn. 55). For the old untenable connection with the Germ. word for `seal', e.g. OHG selah (LW [loanword] from Baltic Finn. after Schindler Sprache 12, 65 f.), see Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73: 2, 24f. -- -αχ- can be a Pre-Greek suffix (κύμβαχος).Page in Frisk: 2,690
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.