wai walau

Grammatical information: m., often plur.

Meaning: `whirling, whirl-pool' (Hp., Pl.),

Other forms: εἶλιγξ ( ἶλ-), - γγος m. (D. S. u. a.). ἴλ-

Derivatives: Denomin. verb εἰλιγγ-ιάω ( ἰλ-) `have whirlings' (Ar.); with εἰλιγγιώδης `have vertigo's' (gloss.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Form in - ιγγ(ο)- (Schwyzer 498, Chantr. Form. 398ff.), either direct from εἰλέω `turn, wind' or through an unknown noun. Initial εἰ- from the present (cf. 2. εἰλέω); a prothet. ἐ- (Solmsen Unt. 243f. as alternative) is superfluous. On ἰλ- for εἰλ- cf. ἴλη. - See 2. εἰλέω. Uncertain is Toch. B wai walau `vertigo' (two words?), s. v. Windekens Lexique étymologique 150, Sieg OLZ 46, 137. - The word could well be Pre-Greek and have nothing to do with εἰλέω.

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