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Unclear. Derivation from Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp”) is possible according to Frisk, but if Furnée is right in comparing this word with ὄχθη(ókhthē, “riverbank”), it could be a Pre-Greek word.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN