Multilingual etymological dictionary
These are the uncensored data from the vocab creating software ‘Neogrammarian’.
ἀ‑
- Gloss: ‘un-’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- Missing ending! Use 1st sg for verbs.
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *n̥‑
- Descendant
- Koi ἄ‑τομ‑ος
ἄγαλμα
- Gloss: ‘statue, bust’
- Descendant
- LMLem àgalma‑yr
ἀγκινάρ‑α
- Gloss: ‘artichoke’
- Descendant
- LMLem ankinàr‑yr
ἄγμων
- Gloss: ‘anvil, meteoritic stone’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *ákmōn
ἀδελφ‑ός
- Gloss: ‘brother’
- Connotation
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Ancestor: EHell *m̥q̌elph‑ós
- Descendant
- LMLem adelf‑yr
ἀήρ
ἀκρό‑πολι‑ς
- Gloss: ‘upper town, castle, stronghold’
- Constituents: Koi ἄκρ‑ος + πόλι‑ς
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- LMLem akròpoli‑yr
ἄκρ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘sharp, topmost’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *ákr‑os
- Descendant
- Koi ἀκρό‑πολι‑ς
ἀμν‑ός
- Gloss: ‘lamb’
- Ancestor: EHell *aq̌n‑ós
ἀσί‑ᾱ
- Gloss: ‘Anatolia, Asia’
- Descendant
- LMLem asì‑yr
ἄ‑τομ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘uncuttable > atom’
- Constituents: Koi ἀ‑ + τέμν‑ω
- Variant: compound
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem àtom‑yr
αὐλ‑ός
- Gloss: ‘tube, flute, pipe’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *aul‑ós
ἀχιλλεύ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘Achilles’
- Irregularity: probably meaning ‘grief of the people’
- Descendant
- ModLem axileàs.
βάλλ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘throw’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: l̥ > λα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *q̌ĺ̥l‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi ὑπερ‑βάλλ‑ω
βασιλεῦ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘chief, king’
- Connotation
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *q̌atileũ‑s
- Irregularity: assibilation
- Descendant
- LMLem basilè‑ar
βαστάζ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘lift, raise, bear’
- Irregularity: of Pre-Greek origin
- Descendant
- Koi βαστ‑ώ
βαστ‑ώ
βέλ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘missile, arrow’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *q̌él‑os
- Irregularity: levelling
- Descendant
- NLem bel‑a
βέμβιξ
- Gloss: ‘bumblebee, spinning top’
- Descendant
- LMLem bèmbik‑yr
βιβλί‑ον
- Gloss: ‘book’
- Descendant
- LMLem biblì‑yr
βουλ‑ή
- Gloss: ‘will, decision, (Athenian) senate’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi βούλο‑μαι
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem bul‑yr
βούλο‑μαι
- Gloss: ‘wish, will’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *q̌ólno‑mai
- Descendant
- Koi βουλ‑ή
βοῦ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘cow, cattle’
γόμ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘cargo’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *góm‑os
- Descendant
- ModLem gomàs.
γόνυ
- Gloss: ‘knee’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *gónu
- Descendant
- Koi γωνί‑α
γραμμ‑ή
- Gloss: ‘line’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi γράφ‑ω
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem gramm‑yr
γράφ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘draw, write’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *gráph‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi γραμμ‑ή
γυμνάζ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘train (naked)’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi γυμν‑ός
- Irregularity: deadjectival verb
γυμνάσι‑ον
- Gloss: ‘(gymnastic) school’
- Descendant
- LMLem gUmnàsi‑yr
γυμν‑ός
- Gloss: ‘naked, bare’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *q̌omn‑ós
- Descendant
- Koi γυμνάζ‑ω
γωνί‑α
- Gloss: ‘corner(stone), angle’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi γόνυ
- Descendant
- Koi τετρά‑γων‑ον
δέ
- Gloss: ‘but, however [connecting sentences]’
- Ancestor: EHell *de
δέ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘bind’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- Factive narrowing
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *dé‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi ὑπό‑δημ‑α
δια‑
- Gloss: ‘through, across, by, over’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Missing ending! Use 1st sg for verbs.
- Weakening narrowing
- Weakening narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *dwisa‑
διασφάξ
- Gloss: ‘gorge, lit. hewn through’
- Descendant
- ModLem dasfàk.
δίς
- Gloss: ‘twice’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Weakening narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *dwis
δίσκ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘disk’
- Descendant
- LMLem dìsk‑yr
δόρυ
- Gloss: ‘wood, tree, spear’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *dóru
δῶμα
- Gloss: ‘house’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *dõ
- Irregularity: rebuilt as %1013%1000-stem
- Descendant
- Koi δωμάτι‑ον
δωμάτι‑ον
- Gloss: ‘room, chamber’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi δῶμα
- Irregularity: diminutive
- Descendant
- LMLem domàti‑yr
ἐγώ
- Gloss: ‘I’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *egṓ
εἴρ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘link, bind together’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Auto-converse: swap quick and strong
- Factive narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *héry‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi σειρ‑ά
ἐλέφᾱ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘elephant’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: itself for act
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *eléphan‑s
- Descendants
ἐμβάλλ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘throw in’
- Connotations
- Other possibility: l̥ > λα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *en‑q̌ĺ̥l‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi ἐμβολ‑ή
ἐμβολ‑ή
- Gloss: ‘thrust, battering ram’
- Connotations
- Other possibility: l̥ > λα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi ἐμβάλλ‑ω
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- NLem embol‑a
ἔντομ‑ον
- Gloss: ‘insect’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *én‑tom‑on
- Descendant
- NLem entom‑a
ἐπίκουρ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘Epicurus’
- Irregularity: meaning ‘ally’
- Descendant
- ModLem epikuràs.
εὐρώπ‑η
- Gloss: ‘Europa, Europe’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *eurṓp‑ā
ἤ
- Gloss: ‘or’
- Connotation
- Weakening narrowing
- Ancestor: EHell *wē
θερμ‑ός
θήρ
- Gloss: ‘wild beast’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *thḗr
- Descendant
- LMLem qèr‑yr
ἰότη‑ς
- Gloss: ‘wish’
- Descendant
- NLem iote‑a
κάμηλ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘camel’
- Connotation
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *kámēl‑os
- Descendant
- LMLem kàmel‑yr
καρδί‑ᾱ
- Gloss: ‘heart’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: r̥ > ρα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *kr̥dí‑ā
- Descendant
- NLem kard‑a
καρῶτ‑ον
- Gloss: ‘carrot’
- Descendant
- LMLem karòt‑yr
κῆτ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘whale, sea monster’
- Connotation
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *kẽt‑os
κιβωτ‑ός
- Gloss: ‘wooden box, chest’
- Descendant
- LMLem kibot‑yr
κόγχ‑η
- Gloss: ‘mussel’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *kónkh‑ā
- Descendant
- Koi κόχλ‑ος
κονί‑ᾱ
- Gloss: ‘dust, plaster (for coating walls)’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *koní‑ā
- Descendant
- LMLem konì‑yr
κόνι‑ς
- Gloss: ‘powder, dust’
- Descendant
- LMLem kòni‑yr
κόχλ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘snail (shell)’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi κόγχ‑η
- Irregularity: probably related to
- Descendant
- NLem koxl‑a
κύκλ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘wheel, circle’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *qúql‑os
- Descendant
- LMLem kÙkl‑yr
κύπειρ‑ον
- Gloss: ‘galingale (<i>Cyperus longus</i>)’
- Descendant
- LMLem kÙper‑yr
λιβύ‑η
λίβυ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘Libu (tribe in North Africa)’
- Descendant
- Koi λιβύ‑η
λίθ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘stone’
- Descendant
- NLem liq‑a
λιμήν
- Gloss: ‘harbour’
- Descendant
- LMLem limèn‑yr
μαγνῆτι‑ς
- Gloss: ‘magnet’
- Descendant
- LMLem magnèti‑yr
μέλι
- Gloss: ‘honey’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Pejorative narrowing
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *méli
μέλισσ‑α
- Gloss: ‘bee’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *melilíkhi‑ā
- Descendant
- NLem meliss‑a
μή
- Gloss: ‘don’t’
- Ancestor: EHell *mē
μήτηρ
- Gloss: ‘mother’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *mā́tēr
μυριά‑ς
- Gloss: ‘ten thousand, countless numbers’
- Descendant
- LMLem mUrià‑yr
ναυ‑πήγι‑ον
- Gloss: ‘shipyard’
- Constituents: Koi ναῦ‑ς + πηγνυ‑μι
- Variant: compound
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem napègi‑yr
ναῦ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘ship’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Strengthening narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *snaũ‑s
- Descendants
- Koi ναυ‑πήγι‑ον
- Koi ναυ‑τιλί‑ᾱ
ναυ‑τιλί‑ᾱ
- Gloss: ‘seafaring’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Strengthening narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi ναῦ‑ς
- Irregularity: nominal derivation
- Descendant
- ModLem natlà.
νόμ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘law’
- Descendant
- LMLem nòm‑yr
οἶ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘sheep’
- Descendant
- ModLem oàs.
ὄμβρ‑οι
- Gloss: ‘Umbri (Sabellic tribe)’
- Descendant
- LMLem òmbr‑yr
ὄφι‑ς
- Gloss: ‘snake, serpent’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *óqhi‑s
πάπῡρ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘papyrus (<i>Cyperus papyrus</i>)’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *pápūr‑os
πᾱ́ν
- Gloss: ‘Pan’
- Descendant
- LMLem pàn‑yr
πᾶ‑ς
- Gloss: ‘all, every’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- Softening narrowing
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *pā́n‑s
πηγνυ‑μι
- Gloss: ‘fasten, stiffen, build’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Causative/persuasive narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *pāgnu‑mi
- Descendant
- Koi ναυ‑πήγι‑ον
πῑ́πτ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘fall’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *pī́pt‑ō
πόλι‑ς
- Gloss: ‘city’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *tpóli‑s
- Descendants
- LMLem pòli‑yr
- Koi ἀκρό‑πολι‑ς
ποταμ‑ός
- Gloss: ‘river’
- Descendant
- ModLem potmàs.
πύργ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘tower, castle’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Cohyponymic transfer: obscure for familiar thing (pejorative)
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *púrg‑os
- Descendant
- LMLem pÙrg‑yr
σάλπιγξ
- Gloss: ‘war-trumpet’
- Descendant
- LMLem sàlpink‑yr
σειρ‑ά
- Gloss: ‘cord, rope’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Auto-converse: swap quick and strong
- Factive narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi εἴρ‑ω
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- Koi σειρήν
σειρήν
- Gloss: ‘Siren’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Auto-converse: swap quick and strong
- Factive narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi σειρ‑ά
- Irregularity: agentive noun
- Descendant
- LMLem serèn‑yr
σελήν‑η
- Gloss: ‘Moon (goddess), Selene’
- Descendant
- NLem selen‑a
σῆμα
- Gloss: ‘sign’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: thy > ττ
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *thyā́mn̥
- Descendants
σημεῖ‑ον
- Gloss: ‘sign, proof, point’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: thy > ττ
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi σῆμα
- Descendant
- LMLem semè‑yr
σταυρ‑ός
- Gloss: ‘stake, pole’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *staur‑ós
στέλλ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘make ready, equip, send’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Metonymy (weakening, quickening, abstracting)
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *stély‑ō
στήλ‑η
- Gloss: ‘pillar’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: l̥ > λα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *stĺ̥n‑ā
- Descendant
- LMLem stèl‑yr
σχολ‑ή
- Gloss: ‘leisure; lecture, disputation’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *skhol‑ā́
σωκράτη‑ς
- Gloss: ‘Socrates’
- Descendant
- ModLem sokrateàs.
τάπη‑ς
- Gloss: ‘carpet, rug’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *tápē‑s
τέ
- Gloss: ‘and’
- Ancestor: EHell *qe
τέλμα
- Gloss: ‘swamp’
- Descendant
- ModLem telmà.
τέμν‑ω
- Gloss: ‘cut’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *tm̥n‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi ἄ‑τομ‑ος
τετρα‑
- Gloss: ‘four…’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Weakening narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi τέτταρες
- Irregularity: combining form
- Descendant
- Koi τετρά‑γων‑ον
τετρά‑γων‑ον
- Gloss: ‘square, rectangle’
- Constituents: Koi τετρα‑ + γωνί‑α
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- LMLem tetràgon‑yr
τέτταρες
- Gloss: ‘four’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Weakening narrowing
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *qétwores
- Descendant
- Koi τετρα‑
τέχν‑η
- Gloss: ‘craft, art’
- Connotation
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *tékhn‑ā
- Descendant
- LMLem tèxn‑yr
τηλέμαχ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘{name}’
- Descendant
- ModLem telmàx.
τιᾱ́ρ‑ᾱ
- Gloss: ‘tiara’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *tiā́r‑ā
- Descendant
- NLem tiar‑a
τράμι‑ς
- Gloss: ‘gut’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *tér‑mi
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem tràmi‑yr
τύπ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘impression, mark > type’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *túp‑os
- Descendant
- LMLem tÙp‑yr
τύχ‑η
- Gloss: ‘Tyche (the Goddess of luck)’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Cohyponymic transfer: obscure for familiar thing (pejorative)
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *túkh‑ā
- Descendant
- LMLem tÙx‑yr
φράγμα
- Gloss: ‘dam, barrier’
- Descendant
- ModLem fragmà.
φώκ‑η
- Gloss: ‘seal’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *phṓk‑ā
- Descendant
- LMLem fòk‑yr
χείρ
- Gloss: ‘hand’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Cohyponymic transfer: obscure for familiar thing (pejorative)
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *kheī́r
- Descendant
- NLem xer‑a
ψαλί‑ς
- Gloss: ‘scissors’
- Descendant
- LMLem psalì‑yr
ψῡχ‑ή
- Gloss: ‘psyche’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi ψῡ́χ‑ω
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem psUx‑yr
ψῡ́χ‑ω
- Gloss: ‘blow’
- Connotation
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *psū́kh‑ō
- Descendant
- Koi ψῡχ‑ή
ἅρπυι‑α
ἑλλά‑ς
- Gloss: ‘Greece’
- Descendant
- LMLem xellà‑yr
ἱλκόν‑ον
- Gloss: ‘soap’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *silkón‑on
- Descendant
- LMLem xilkòn‑yr
ἵππ‑ος
- Gloss: ‘horse’
- Ancestor: EHell *híqq‑os
ἵστη‑μι
- Gloss: ‘stand [tr.]’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *sístā‑mi
- Descendant
- Koi ἱστ‑ός
ἱστί‑ον
- Gloss: ‘sail’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi ἱστ‑ός
- Irregularity: diminutive
- Descendant
- LMLem xistì‑yr
ἱστ‑ός
- Gloss: ‘mast’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi ἵστη‑μι
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- Koi ἱστί‑ον
ὑδρεί‑ᾱ
- Gloss: ‘irrigation, water supply’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: r̥ > ρα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: Koi ὕδωρ
- Irregularity: derivation
- Descendant
- ModLem Udreà.
ὕδωρ
- Gloss: ‘water’
- Connotations
- Or 1st mora stressed?
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Other possibility: r̥ > ρα
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *wódr̥
- Variant: ‘voiceless’ initial
- Irregularity: contamination from plural
- Descendant
- Koi ὑδρεί‑ᾱ
ὑπερ
- Gloss: ‘over, above’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Early Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *huper
- Descendant
- Koi ὑπερ‑βάλλ‑ω
ὑπερ‑βάλλ‑ω
ὑπερβολ‑ή
- Gloss: ‘hyperbola’
- Ancestor: Koi ὑπερ‑βάλλ‑ω
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem xUperbol‑yr
ὑπο
- Gloss: ‘below’
- Connotations
- Proto-Indo-European > South Hellenic not finished yet!
- South Hellenic > Koine not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *hupo
- Descendant
- Koi ὑπό‑δημ‑α
ὑπό‑δημ‑α
- Gloss: ‘shoe’
- Constituents: Koi ὑπο + δέ‑ω
- Variant: compound
- Irregularity: nominalisation
- Descendant
- LMLem xUpòdem‑yr