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|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">jay, Garrulus glandarius</b>, also <b class="b2">magpie, Pica caudata</b> (Ar.; see Thompson Birds s. v.); also = <b class="b3">ἰχθῦς ποιός</b> H. (on the motivation of the name Strömberg Fischnamen 115).<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">κίττα</b> OKK<br />Derivatives: Davon <b class="b3">κισσαβίζω</b> (<b class="b3">-ττ-</b>) <b class="b2">cry like a jay</b> (Poll.; cf. <b class="b3">τιττυβίζω</b> a. o.), also <b class="b3">κισσάω</b>, s. on 2. <b class="b3">κίσσα</b>.<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Cf. <b class="b3">νῆσσα</b> and other animal names (Chantraine Formation 98), so from <b class="b3">*κικ-ι̯α</b>, onomatopoet. after the sound of the bird like Skt. <b class="b2">kiki-</b> (lex.), <b class="b2">kikidīví-</b> m. (RV. 10, 97, 13, TS.) <b class="b2">the blue wood-magpie</b>, Germ., e. g. OE. [[higora]] [[magpie]]. - If inherited words with a common origin, Skt. <b class="b2">kikidīví-</b>, as opposed to the Germanic words, did not partake in the regular sound developments (palatalization [[k]] > [[c]]). See Bq, Pok. 598, Mayrhofer s. v.; further Schwentner KZ 69, 246f. (on onomatop. <b class="b2">kiki-</b>) and Fraenkel KZ 72, 178ff.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">morbid longing</b> of pregnant women craving for strange food' (Dsc., S. E., Sor., Gal.).<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">κίττα</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κισσάω</b>, <b class="b3">κιττάω</b> <b class="b2">have κ.</b> (Ar., Arist.), <b class="b2">become pregnant</b> (LXX), with <b class="b3">κίσσησις</b> (Gal.). <b class="b3">κισσώδης</b> <b class="b2">full of κίσσα</b> (Dsc.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Age and frequency of the attestations suggest, that <b class="b3">κισσάω</b> as opposed to 2. <b class="b3">κίσσα</b> is primary, so a backformation (thus Lagercrantz Lautgeschichte 86ff., but with wrong etymology). But <b class="b3">κισσάω</b> is a denominative of 1. <b class="b3">κίσσα</b> [[jay]], [[magpie]] and refers to the wellknown gluttony of the bird (<b class="b3">ὄρνεον ἀδηφάγον καὶ παμφάγον</b> sch. Ar. Pax 496); so <b class="b3">κισσάω</b> prop. popular-expressive <b class="b2">behave like a jay (magpie)</b>. - The usual connection with Skt. <b class="b2">kéta-</b> [[will]], [[desire]], Lith. <b class="b2">kviečiù</b> [[invite]] etc. (Solmsen KZ 33, 294ff.) must be given up. Other wrong etymologies in Bq. The gloss <b class="b3">κοῖται γυναικῶν ἐπιθυμίαι</b> is just an incidental use of <b class="b3">κοίτη</b> = <b class="b2">marital bed, sexual intercourse</b>.

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