ἴχνος

Uncertain. Beekes states a formation in *-nos- like ἔρνος (érnos), κτῆνος (ktênos). The first part could be cognate with Ancient Greek οἴχομαι (oíkhomai, “to go (away), leave, disappear, die”)^[1] or Ancient Greek οἰχνέω (oikhnéō, “to go, come, walk, approach”), which are connected to Old Armenian իջանեմ (iǰanem, “to come down, descend”) and Tocharian B yku (“gone”); furthermore compare Old Irish óegi (“guest”) and Lithuanian eigà (“course”), for perhaps Proto-Indo-European *h₁eygʰ- (“to go”),^[2] a possible extension of *h₁ey- with similar meaning. However, this connection is disputed by other sources.

ἴχνος • (íkhnos) n (genitive ἴχνους); third declension

1. track, footstep, footprint

• →⇒ English: ichno- (learned), e.g. ichnology, ichnogram, ichneumon
• Greek: ίχνος (íchnos)

• “ἴχνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἴχνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἴχνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴχνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴχνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἴχνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2487 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clue idem, page 140.
  • foot-mark idem, page 334.
  • foot-print idem, page 334.
  • impression idem, page 423.
  • indication idem, page 432.
  • print idem, page 641.
  • scent idem, page 738.
  • step idem, page 815.
  • trace idem, page 884.
  • track idem, page 885.
  • trail idem, page 886.
  • tread idem, page 891.
  • vestige idem, page 949.