φάκελος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

The suffix is a reminiscent of πύελος (púelos) and σκόπελος (skópelos). Furnée further compares φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, leathern bag) and βάσκιοι (báskioi). Solmsen hesitatingly compared σφάκελος (sphákelos, spasm, gangrene), suggesting a common meaning "drawn together, tied together". Cognate to Albanian bashkë (together).[1] Beekes claims that there exists a variant in "-λλ-", and that this proves that this word is Pre-Greek, but this is dismissed by Nikolaev on the grounds that the variant in question does not actually exist.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φάκελος • (phákelos) m (genitive φακέλου); second declension

  1. bundle, faggot

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: φάκελος (fákelos)

References

  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.93

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

φάκελος • (fákelos) m (plural φάκελοι)

  1. envelope (stationery)
  2. file, dossier
  3. (computing) directory, folder (file storage)

Declension

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