κάβα(ι)σος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: name of an unknown fish (Emp., AP, Hdn. Gr., H.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur. substr.

Etymology: - From the fish name ἠλακατήν from ἠλακάτη one would posite for καμασήν a basis *κάμασος with suffixal - ασος as in πέτασος, κόμπασος (Chantraine Formation 435; I don't understand the reasoning and I don't find it in the Formation). One connects Baltoslavic words for the Wels [unknown to me], Lith. šāmas, Latv. sams, Slav. (Russ. etc.) som. One further connects κάμ-αξ `pole, bar' (s. v.), Solmsen Wortforsch. 122f.; on the motive see Strömberg Fischnamen 36. So from a Eur. substratum? Fur. 214 connects κάβα(ι)σος, καμασός, but without evidence.

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