muin-torc

μανιάκης, - ου (-η f.)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `golden collar, worn by Persians and Gaulish' (Plb., LXX, Pln.),

Other forms: On μάννος, μόννος s. below.

Compounds: μαννο-φόρος (Theoc. 11, 41; v. l. for ἀμνο-).

Derivatives: Dimin. - ιάκιον (sch. Theoc. 11, 41), also μανάκιν (pap.). Besides μάννος μόννος m. `collar' (Poll.),

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Formation like μανδάκης, γαυνάκης (s. vv.). Gaulish word (cf. e.g. OIr. muin-torc `collar', OWelsh minci `collar for horses' etc.) with cognates in Lat. monīle `collar', OHG menni `neck ornament' etc.; WP. 2, 305, Pok. 747 f., W.-Hofmann s. monīle. (Relation with μόναπος seems improbable; s.v.) - The other IE languages must then have it from the same or a related source. R. Schmidt Sprache 13(1967)61-64 connects Av. zarǝnu-maini- `with golden collar' (thus Belardi, Studia Pagliaro 1, 189-211); s. also Kronasser, St. Pagliaro 3, 61. Cf. Arm. maneak `collar', with IIr. suffix - aka-. So of Iranian origin. But the variants μάννος, μόννος rather point to a non-IE word (as prob. the suffix -( ι)ακ-); note also the geminate - νν-. So quite unclear.

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