Re: Greek (Tsou)knida

From: Nigel Greenwood (ndsg_mmii_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: 12 Dec 2004 08:36:04 -0800

azythos2@hotmail.com wrote:

> Tsouknida is a "folk-etymologic chimaera". Knide^ is part of it, and
> also "tsouzo^" = to nettle, to irritate (physically), to cause a
> burning or itching sensation.

Thanks for this useful information. It sounds as if "tsouzo^" is the
demotic equivalent of the classical "knizo^" = to scrape, 'nettle',
irritate, which is from the same root as "knide^" = a nettle.

Nigel

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