ἰσχύς

Etymology
. Dialectal variants point to, but since the 🇨🇬 cognate lacks the initial /w/, it may have arisen by analogy with  (> ). Early hypotheses assume a relation to 🇨🇬, from +  (see ), or alternatively from the same root via a reduplicated u-stem  (cf. ). Unconvinced by these etymologies, Beekes suggests  substrate origin.

According to Gamkrelidze & Ivanov, a borrowing, compare.

Noun

 * 1) strength, power, might