καικύλην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Lewy suggests a Semitic origin, comparing the gloss with Semitic words for "skull", like Aramaic גּוּלְגַּלְתָּא (gulgaltā), Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgṓleṯ) and Akkadian 𒄢𒄢𒇻 (/⁠gulgullu⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /cɛˈcy.lin/ → /ceˈci.lin/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kɛˈky.le̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cɛˈcy.lin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈcy.lin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈci.lin/

Noun

καικύλην • (kaikúlēn)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: τὴν κεφαλήν (tḕn kephalḗn, literally “the head”).

Further reading

• Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 68
• Hesychius' Lexicon: κ