γαύσαπος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[shaggy woollen cloth]], [[frieze]] (Str.)<br />Other forms: [[γαυσάπης]] (Varro)<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Balcan?<br />Etymology: Acc. to Jokl in W.-Hofmann s. [[gausapa]] to Alb. <b class="b2">gεzóf</b> [[fur]] from skins, [[mantle]]. But hardly from an IE language. Fur. 119 compares [[καυσία]] [[Macedonian felt hat]] (he often cites, 229 etc. forms of the type <b class="b3">*γαυδαπος</b> but these do not exist). From Greek Lat. gausape(s), -a, -um (Lucil.). - Against a a loan from Assyrian (guzippu], kuzippu cloth, H. Lewy KZ 58, 26ff.) s. Hofmann [[l.c.]]