αὑαρά τὰ Ποντικὰ κάρυα

αὐαρά· τὰ Ποντικὰ κάρυα, Hsch.

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: τὰ ` Ηρακλεωτικὰ κάρυα H.

Other forms: Cf. αὑαρά τὰ Ποντικὰ κάρυα H.; mistake for κάρυα?

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] [61] [531]

Etymology: - ἄρυον is considered a variant of κάρυον, s. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 155f.; note however, that the gloss is our only evidence for a form with k-. - With ἄρυα G. Meyer Alb. Wb. 17 compared Alb. arrë f. `nut, nut-tree', OCS orěxъ `nut', with Lith. ríešas, ríešutas `nut', Latv. riẽksts `nut', OPr. buccareisis `beech-nut' (first element bucus `beech'). The BSl. forms have *a\/or- beside *r-, followed by - ei-, so they are very far removed from the Greek forms. - Cf. Fraenkel Gnomon 22, 238, who assumes parallel loans from a non-IE language, which seems probable; note that * kar- cannot be IE (it would require * kh₂r-, which is quite improbable). PIE had no prefix *k- (DELG); one would rather think of a form * qar-, of which the first phoneme (a uvular) was rendered as k- or zero.

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