χέω + πηλός
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ἀμφικύπελλον: τουτέστιν ἀμφοτέρωθεν κοῖλον καὶ περιφερές, ἢ οἱονεὶ ἀμφιχύπελλον, ἔνθα χεῖται ὁ πηλός, τουτέστιν ὁ οἶνος, | καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς κ κύπελλον, ὅθεν καὶ κάπηλος, ὁ τὸν πηλὸν χέων, τουτέστιν ὁ τὸν οἶνον πωλῶν.
Translation (En)
Amphikupellon "with a double cup", that is, hollow on both sides and circular, *amphikhupellon, as it were, where the must (pēlos), that is, the wine, is poured, and with change of /kh/ to /k/, kupellon; from there also kapēlos "tavern-keeper", the one pouring (kheōn) must (pēlon), that is to say, the one selling wine.
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Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 123 (idem); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, kappa 54 (πηλὸς δὲ ὁ οἶνος ⸤παρὰ Ἀτ⸥τικοῖς παρὰ τὸ πάλλειν καὶ καταβάλλειν τὰς φρένας, ἐξ οὗ καὶ κά⸤πηλος παρὰ τὸ χ⸥έειν τὸν πηλόν); Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 298 (Κάπηλος, ὁ μετάβολος καὶ οἰνοπώλης, παρὰ τὸ χέειν τὸν πηλὸν, ἤγουν τὸν οἶνον); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 490 (idem); ibid., p. 546 (Ἐτυμολογεῖται χύπελλόν τι ὂν, παρὰ τὸ χύειν τὸν πηλὸν, ἤγουν τὸν οἶνον· ὅθεν καὶ κάπηλος, παρὰ τὸ χέειν τὸν πηλόν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, kappa, p. 1147 (Κάπηλος. ὁ μεταβολεὺς καὶ οἰνοπώλης. παρὰ τὸ χέειν τὸν πηλὸν, ἤγουν τὸν οἶνον. [ἢ παρὰ τὸ κακύνειν τὸν πηλόν)
Comment
Compositional etymology, relating the initial syllable ka- from the verb χέω, on the model of the change kh > k assumed for ἀμφικύπελλος. The /a/ is not explained.