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- ἀγκ-Grammatical information: rootMeaning: `curve'Compounds: ἀγκυλομήτης `who thinks crookes thoughts' (Il.) from *μη-μι (cf. Skt. mā́ti) Ruijgh, Lingua 25, 1970, 306.Derivatives:With l-suffix: ἀγκάλη f., mostly pl. `curved arm, armfull' (Archil.); ἀγκαλίς, -ίδες (Il.) - ἀγκύλος `curved, bent' (Il.) For the stem in -u- cf. Skt. aṅku-rá- `hook' (note Wheeler's law). For the l-suffix cf. OHG angul `fishhook', ON ōl f. `belt' (like ἀγκύλη), ōll `germ' etc. Uncertain ἀγκλόν σκολιόν H. –With n-suffix: ἀγκών, -ῶνος m. `elbow', dat. pl. ἀγκάσι (Opp.), cf. ἀγκάς below (Il.). Feminine formation ἄγκοιναι `arms' (Il.). With old -e- ἐπ-ηγκενίδες `long planks on a ship' (Bechtel Lex.) –With s-Suffix: ἄγκος n. `mountain glen' (Il.), formally = Skt. ánkas- n. `curve'.With -tro-: ἄγκιστρον `hook' (Od.; from *ἀγκίζω. )Unclear ἀγκάς ἀγκάλας H. (Bechtel Lex.). Adverb ἀγκάς `in the arms' (Il.), except Ψ 711 only before vowel, probably the elided dat. pl. with zero grade suffix of ἀγκών (ἀγκάσι like φρασί).One generally takes here ἄγκῡρα `ancre' (Alk.), but I suggest it is a substratum word (typical Pre-Greek suffix, hardly from -ur-ya-; cf. γέφῡρα, γόργῡρα). (LW [loanword] lat. ancora, and Marāthi naṅgar `id.'.)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [45] *h₂enk- `bend'Etymology: Widespread IE root, e.g. Skt. áñcati `bend, curve'. ὄγκος from *h₂onk-.Page in Frisk: 1,11-12
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.