ἀληλώ <Egyptian; Roman period>
👉 ἀληλώ (v.l. ἀλληλώ) – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of στρύχνος μέλας κηπαἳος ‘black hound’s berry (Solanum nigrum L.)’ (Dsc. 4.70 RV).
⚠ Dsc. 4.70 RV: στρύχνος μέλας κηπαἳος· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι ἀληλώ (...). – “Strychnos melas kēpaios (black hound’s berry): (...) the Egyptians (call it) alēlō (...)”. Cf. the Egyptian gloss in Ps.-Apul., Herb. 75: alselo ‘id.’.
🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology. Cf. an old hypothesis: from the Egyptian ꜥr (var. ꜥrw) ‘reed’, compared to the Coptic ⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩⲉ (S), ⲁⲗⲱⲟⲩ(ⲓ) (B) pl. ‘bunch (of grapes)’ and the Biblical Hebrew ʾēllā prob. ‘terebinth’.
📖 Ref.: cf. Wiedemann 1883: 10.