- ἀστακός
- ἀστακόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: 1. `the smooth lobster' (Philyll.), 2. `hollow of the ear' (Poll.).Other forms: ὀστακός (Aristom.; acc. to Ath. 3, 105b Attic)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Generally seen as `with bones', a k-derivation of the n-stem in Skt. asthán-, asthn- (nom. ásthi, s. ὀστέον); so *ostn̥-kó-s. One compared Skt. an-ástha + ka- `without bones', but this is irrelevant: it is a Sanskrit compound with a suffix productive in that language. Nor does MInd. aṭṭhi-taco `lobster' \< *asthi-tvacas- `with bony skin' prove anything for Greek. The etymology dates from the time that a Greek word had to be IE. The formation is unparallelled, the assimilation not very probable (beside ὀστέον). Rather a substr. word with α\/ο-. Fur. 137 etc. - Cf. ὀστέον and ἀστράγαλος, ὄστρακον.Page in Frisk: 1,169
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.