ónkos
ónk-os (ὄγκος) ónkos/dt.; Wrtdtng: "Gewölbe, Raum mit Wölbung, gekrümmter Raium"
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁onḱos (“burden”), from *h₁neḱ- (“to take away”). It has also been claimed that all attestations can be understood from a meaning "swelling", from earlier "curvature", and thus ultimately identical to 'Etymology 2'.
Compare with the semantics of Latin mōlēs.
ὄγκος • (ónkos) m (genitive ὄγκου); second declension
- bulk, volume, mass, heap, weight
- tumor
- molestation
- dignity, importance, pride
- particle, atom
From Proto-Hellenic *ónkos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos. Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká) and Latinuncus.
ὄγκος • (ónkos) m (genitive ὄγκου); second declension
- bend, curve, angle
- barb, grapple, hook