K ėtimologii dr.-gr. teonima Κρόνος : zametki o morfologičeskom tipe na -όνο- = On the etymology of the Ancient Greek theonym Κρόνος : notes on the morphological type in -όνο- Ghent University
The article discusses the etymology of the Greek theonym Κρόνος (Cronus), qualified by all dictionaries as etymologically unclear. I argue that this name can be considered as a member of the small class of nouns in ‑ όνο‑ with agent‑instrumental semantics. Following an old proposal by H. D. Müller (later advocated by M. Janda), I adopt the analysis of this name as a derivative of the verbal root *κερ‑ (cf. κείρω ‘cut’, Arm. kʻerem ‘scratch, ...