θύμαλλος

θύμαλλος [m.] name of a fish “‘Thymallus vulgaris, Salmo thymallus’ (Ael.). < PG(s)> *ETYM Formation in -αλλος (Chantraine 1933: 317 compares κορύδ-αλ(λ)ος et al.), which has been connected with θύμον ‘thyme’ because of the scent (Stromberg 1943: 6of.; doubts in Thompson 1947 s.v.).-- However, as the suffix is Pre-Greek, it is improbable that the basic word was of inner-Greek formation. Via Lat. thymallus, the word … — [Beekes, s.v. θύμαλλος, p. 609]

θύμαλλος : nom de poisson, «ombre». Suflixe en παλλος, le mot serait tiré de θύμον «thym » à cause du parfum de sa chair (Strômberg, Fischnamen 60, SaintDenis, Animaux marins 8.ὰ. thymallus); doute de Thompson, Fishes s.u. Emprunté dans lat. thymallus, d’où ital. femolo, etc. — [Chantraine, s.v. θύμαλλος, p. 459]