ωηιχη γανε -ε(ι)ον

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `tow' (Herod. 9a), κέσκι\<ον\> στυπεῖον, τὸ ἀποκτένισμα τοῦ λινοῦ H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Popular reduplicated formation (cf. Schwyzer 423) \< *κέσ-κεσ-ο-ν to a verb for `comb, hackel, scratch' in OCS češǫ (yot-present), česati, perh also in Hitt. kišāi-, IE. * kes-, with the verbal nouns Czech. pa-čes `tow', Lith. kasà `plait, braid' (IE. * kos-ā), MIr. cīr f. (* kēs-rā), perh. also Hitt. kišri- name of something of wool; other forms Pok. 585, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. česátь, W.-Hofmann s. carrō. - A lengthening is ξέω; s. also ξαίνω, ξύω. --A reduplicated *κεσ-κεσ- is an improbable IE structure; I think that - εον derives from Pre-Greek -ay-on (Beekes, Pre-Greek Suffixes sub - αι-\/ ε(ι)-) ωηιχη γανε -ε(ι)ον. So the word is Pre-Greek.

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