1. σκίνθος · skinthos — Beekes
σκίνθος [m.] ‘jumper, swimmer’ (Thphr H. P. 4, 6, 9); translated as naufragus by Pliny. *ETYM Unknown. oxiovpos [m.] ‘squirrel’ (Opp., Plin.). *ETYM The interpretation of this word as a bahuvrihi compound of σκιά and οὐρά, “who generates shade with his tail” (thus e.g. Frisk), looks like a folk etymology rather than a serious explanation. The suffix -ovpoc could point to Pre-Greek origin (from -ar”-o-?). … — [Beekes, s.v. σκίνθος, p. 1405]