helix · helix, the incurved rim of the external ear
çekim: çoğul heliksoj
köken: From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ (hélĭx, “spiral, wind, twist”). Doublet of helico and heliko.
Etimoloji
Borrowed from Greek χοχλίας (chochlías), a dialectal variation of Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “snail”) (whence Old Church Slavonic кохль (koxlĭ), Latin cōchlea (“snail”)). Originally referring to the spiral shell of the snail, later generalized to mean the whole animal.