u̯ortoko- (*su̯ortoko-)

    u̯ortoko- (*su̯ortoko-)

    English meaning: quail

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Wachtel”

    Material: O.Ind. vartaka- m., vártikü f. “Wachtel”; Gk. ὄρτυξ, -υγος, by Gramm. also -υκος and with -ῡ-, by Hes. γόρτυξ, i.e. Fόρτυξ “Wachtel”, dessen ending after ἴβυξ, βαῖβυξ, -υκος, κόκκῡξ, -ῡγος (and πτέρυξ, -υγος?) transfigured is; Ion. ᾽Ορτυγίη “Delos” (“Wachtelinsel”).

    References: WP. I 316.