- Άχέρων
- Άχέρων, -οντοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of several rivers, also the mythical river of the Underworld (Od.).Derivatives: Άχερούσιος (A.), f. -ιάς (Pl., X.); younger Άχερόντ(ε)ιος, f. -ιάς (E.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Connected with Balto-Slavic words, Lith. ẽžeras, ažeras, OPr. assaran, OCS. jezero `lake' (s. Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforschung 2, 235f.; rejected by Vaillant BSL 29, 38ff.). So Άχέρων would be `forming lakes'. But Hesychs gloss ἀχερούσια ὕδατα ἑλώδη is based on ideas of the Underworld river, and no testimoy for the original meaning of the name. - On the ντ-suffix Kretschmer Glotta 14, 97f. Cf. ἀχερωΐς.Page in Frisk: 1,200
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.