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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Messapic, possibly closely related to Albanian bark (“belly”). Likely a formation from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“pierce, strike”), or of *bʰer- (“to carry”).
Noun
βάρυκα • (báruka)
- (hapax) genitals (in Taranto); pin
- Synonyms: αἰδοῖον (aidoîon); περόνη (perónē)
5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:βάρ[υ]κα· αἰδοῖον παρὰ Ταραντίνοις. καὶ περόνη- bár[u]ka; aidoîon parà Tarantínois. kaì perónē
- bár[u]ka: the genitals among Tarantins. and pin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bark”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 18
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βάρ<υ>κα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202