κισσαβίζω

κισσᾰβίζω, [dialect] Att. [pref] κιττ-,

A scream like a jay, Poll.5.90.

κισσαβίζω, wie der Häher schreien

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `jay, Garrulus glandarius', also `magpie, Pica caudata' (Ar.; see Thompson Birds s. v.); also = ἰχθῦς ποιός H. (on the motivation of the name Strömberg Fischnamen 115).

Other forms: Att. κίττα OKK

Derivatives: Davon κισσαβίζω (- ττ-) `cry like a jay' (Poll.; cf. τιττυβίζω a. o.), also κισσάω, s. on 2. κίσσα.

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Cf. νῆσσα and other animal names (Chantraine Formation 98), so from *κικ-ι̯ᾰ, onomatopoet. after the sound of the bird like Skt. kiki- (lex.), kikidīví- m. (RV. 10, 97, 13, TS.) `the blue wood-magpie', Germ., e. g. OE. higora `magpie'. - If inherited words with a common origin, Skt. kikidīví-, 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. kiki-) and Fraenkel KZ 72, 178ff.

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