φύσκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φύσκα (phúska), φύσκος (phúskos)

Etymology

From φυσάω (phusáō, to blow, puff).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠ́σκη • (phŭ́skēf (genitive φῠ́σκης); first declension

  1. (anatomy) large intestine
  2. blood pudding, sausage
  3. blister or weal on the hand
  4. gall on a plant

Inflection

Derived terms

  • φυσκία (phuskía)
  • φύσκιον (phúskion)
  • φυσκών (phuskṓn)

Descendants

  • Greek: φούσκα (foúska)
  • Byzantine Greek: φυσκίον (phuskíon, diminutive)
    • > Greek: φουσκί (fouskí) (inherited)
      • Ottoman Turkish: فشقی (fışkı), فشكی (fışkı)
        • Turkish: fışkı, fışgı
        • Armenian: ֆըշխի (fəšxi)
    • > Pontic Greek: φουσ̌κίν (fouškín), φουσ̌κί (fouškí) (inherited)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φῦσα (> DER > 6. φύσκη )”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1599-600

Further reading