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I've seen only one etymology tentatively suggested for Thracian biston-: that it may derive from PIE *gwou-, "bull". But no case was fleshed out for the idea [1]. Rather than *gwou-, maybe the same etymon as Bison and Wisent? Or bi-ston, "two horns", stonux being an obscure ancient Greek word for "any sharp point"? Not enough data to determine the etymon yet it seems. Here is the Perseus entry for stonux:
A. sharp point (prop. spear-point acc. to Sch.A.R.4.1679), as of a rock, pros oxun stonucha petraiou lithou E.Cyc.401 (restd. for g' onucha); petraiôi stonuchi A.R.4.1679 ; nêsiôtikos s., Pachunos Lyc.1181 ; Oitaios s., of the boar's tusk, Id.486; loigios s., of the barb of the fish trugôn, Id.795; stonuchessi leontôn fangs, Opp.C. 3.232; sulonuchas stonuchas nail-removing prongs, i.e. nail-scissors, AP6.307 (Phan.)
