καικύλην
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Lewy suggests a Semitic origin, comparing the gloss with Semitic words for "skull", like Aramaic גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא (gulgaltā), Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgṓleṯ) and Akkadian 𒄢𒄢𒇻 (/gulgullu/).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kɛˈky.le̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cɛˈcy.lin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈcy.lin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈci.lin/
Noun
καικύλην • (kaikúlēn)
- Hesychius gives the definition as: τὴν κεφαλήν (tḕn kephalḗn, literally “the head”).
Further reading
- Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ