Re: [tied] Cyclops

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 26783
Date: 2003-11-01

01-11-03 17:53, Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

>>Which is the etymology of Greek "cyclopus"? is thery anything related to
>>"eye and face"?
>
> kuklo:ps from <kuklos> "circle" and <o:ps> (< *o:kW-) "eye".

I've seen an ingenious alternative etymology, which "se non è vero, è
ben trovato": *pk^ú-k^lo:ps 'livestock-thief'.

Piotr