köken: Of unknown origin. McGregor tentatively postulates a combination of कान (kān, “ear”) + चूसना (cūsnā, “to suck”), lit. "ear-sucked"; compare मक्खीचूस (makkhīcūs, “miser”, literally “fly-sucker”) for a similar formation.
inflection of avārus: · nominative/accusative neuter plural
köken: Possibly an old hydronym from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”), found in cognates such as Sanskrit वार् (vār, “water, pond”), Latin urina, Lithuanian virti (“to seethe, boil, flow”), Old Norse vari (“water”). One of the river's tributaries, Auron, could be a suffixed form of this root *aver-on-.
köken: Derived from Ancient Greek στῡ́φω (stū́phō, “to be harsh, astringent”) + -ца (-ca). Compare the adjective Ancient Greek στυπτῐκός (stuptĭkós, “astringent”).
Named after Harpagon, the protagonist of Molière's The Miser (1668), whose name is an adaptation of Latin harpagō, gen. harpagōnis (“grappling hook, grappling iron”), from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”), of uncertain origin, and whence also harpon (“harpoon”).