SUMMARY
The-Greek word (Archilochos, Aristophanes, Plato, Aristoteles), Dor. ní&anos: "ape", ní-&wv, -wvoi; "little ape" (Pindaros) does not have any convincible Indo-European etymology. The old comparison with Lat. foedus "beastly, foul" etc. is obviously improbable and the word is rather borrowed from an unknown source.