It seems formally evident to connect φάσκος (pháskos), in which case the bag would have denominated after a skin from which the hairs have not been removed. Pokorny connects also βάσκιοι (báskioi, “bundles of dry wood”). A Pre-Greek origin seems probable.
φάσκωλος • (pháskōlos) m (genitive φασκώλου); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φάσκωλος ho pháskōlos |
τὼ φασκώλω tṑ phaskṓlō |
οἱ φάσκωλοι hoi pháskōloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φασκώλου toû phaskṓlou |
τοῖν φασκώλοιν toîn phaskṓloin |
τῶν φασκώλων tôn phaskṓlōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φασκώλῳ tôi phaskṓlōi |
τοῖν φασκώλοιν toîn phaskṓloin |
τοῖς φασκώλοις toîs phaskṓlois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φάσκωλον tòn pháskōlon |
τὼ φασκώλω tṑ phaskṓlō |
τοὺς φασκώλους toùs phaskṓlous | ||||||||||
Vocative | φάσκωλε pháskōle |
φασκώλω phaskṓlō |
φάσκωλοι pháskōloi | ||||||||||
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