κνώδαλον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">wild or harmful animal</b> (ρ 317).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κνωδαλώδης</b> (Tz.). - <b class="b3">κνώδαξ</b>, <b class="b3">-ακος</b> m. [[pin]], [[pivot]], also <b class="b2">sockets for an axe</b> (Hero, Ph. Bel.) with <b class="b3">κνωδάκιον</b> and <b class="b3">κνωδακίζω</b> <b class="b2">hang on pivots</b> (Hero). - <b class="b3">κνώδων</b>, <b class="b3">-οντος</b> m., in plur. <b class="b2">tooths of a sword or a javelin</b>, in sing. [[sword]] (S., X.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: To <b class="b3">κνώδαλον</b> : <b class="b3">κνώδων</b> remember pairs like <b class="b3">ἀγκάλη</b> : <b class="b3">ἀγκών</b>, <b class="b3">ὀμφαλός</b> : Lat. [[umbō]] (Schwyzer 483, Chantraine Formation 246); <b class="b3">κνωδον-τ-</b> could be secondary for <b class="b3">*κνωδον-</b> (Schwyzer 526). In any case <b class="b3">κνώδαλον</b> and <b class="b3">κνώδων</b> as well as <b class="b3">κνώδαξ</b> (on <b class="b3">-αξ</b> Schwyzer 497, Chantraine 381; also Björck Alpha impurum 69: from Doric engineering?) go back on a verbal noun <b class="b3">*κνωδ(ο-</b>) prob [[tooth]], prop. <b class="b2">"biter, gnawer"</b>, which may belong to <b class="b3">κνῆ-ν</b> etc. (s. -<b class="b3">κναίω</b>). Here also <b class="b3">κάναδοι σιαγόνες</b>, <b class="b3">γνάθοι</b> H.; <b class="b3">κναδ-άλ-λεται κνήθεται</b> H.; not to Lith. <b class="b2">kándu</b> <b class="b2">bite,</b> s. on <b class="b3">γνάθος</b>. These words are no doubt Pre-Greek; we noted that <b class="b3">κναδ-</b> cannot have an IE preform (s. on <b class="b3">-κναίω</b>; <b class="b3">καναδ-</b> has a strange un-IE ablaut. I am not sure that <b class="b3">κνώδαξ</b> belongs with the other words. S. also [[κνώψ]].<br />See also: S. auch [[κνώψ]].