- σχαλίς
- σχαλίς, -ίδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `fork as a support of erected hunting-nets' (X., Poll.).Derivatives: σχαλίδ-ωμα `id.' (Poll.; -ωμα (enlarged); cf. Chantraine Form. 187).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Technical word in -ίς like σανίς (s. v. w. further references), δοκίς a.o.; basis unknown. One might connect in case of need with σκαλίς `mattock' (s. σκάλλω) (WP. 2, 591, Pok. 923), with aspiration either spontaneous (Hiersche Ten. asp. 215) or taken from σχάζω (cf. H.: σχαλίδες δι' ὧν σχάζουσι τὰ δίκτυα ὀρθὰ ἑστῶτα). Or as "Halter" to σχεῖν with formation as in ἀ-σχαλ-άω? Older lit. (Niedermann IF 15, 104ff.) in Bq. -- Cf. the synonymous στάλιξ. -- The explanations are not convincing; the very technical word may rather be of Pre-Greek origin.Page in Frisk: 2,836
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.