αὐλός
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
εὐλαί
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
eulē
English translation (word)
worm
Transliteration (Etymon)
aulos
English translation (etymon)
pipe
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kalierges, p. 392
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848
Quotation
Εὐλαί: Αἱ σκώληκες. Παρὰ τὸ εἰλῶ εἰλαὶ, αἱ εἰλούμεναι, καὶ εὐλαὶ, ὡς χαίνω, χαῦνος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸν αὐλὸν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ἐπίμηκες, αὐλαὶ καὶ εὐλαί.
Translation (En)
Eulai, the worms. From eilô "to roll", *eilai, the rolling ones, and eulai, as khainō "to gape", khaunos "porous". Or from aulos "pipe", which means "long", *aulai and eulai
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology. The animal is named after its shape. The etymology requires a change of the initial vowel.