κεφαλή
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- head
- a person's life (often in the sense of being in danger, similar to the English idiom "head is on the line").
- the top-most part
- the most important part
- (Byzantine Greek) a provincial governor
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- (give).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰebʰ-
Gloss
give
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cephalopod English
- cephalous English
- cynocephalus English
- holocephalous English
- hydrocephalus English
- leptocephalous English
- lissencephalic English
- lissencephalous English
- lissencephaly English
- -cephalia Latin
- acephalus Latin
- aegocephalos Latin
- cephalicus Latin
- cynocephalus Latin
- taxicus Latin
- taxifolius Latin
- taxus Latin
- taxō Latin
- -zephalie German
- cefalo- Italian
- cinocefalo Italian
- acéphale French
- céphalopode French
- αἰγοκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- αἴξ Ancient Greek
- βοθρίον Ancient Greek
- δίς Ancient Greek
- εἶδος Ancient Greek
- θρίξ Ancient Greek
- κέρας Ancient Greek
- κεφάλαιος Ancient Greek
- κεφαλικός Ancient Greek
- κεφαλῆφιν Ancient Greek
- κεφαλῖνος Ancient Greek
- κυνοκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- κύων Ancient Greek
- λισσός Ancient Greek
- ἀκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- ἀμφικέφαλος Ancient Greek
- ἀποκεφαλίζω Ancient Greek
- ἐν Ancient Greek
- ὑδροκέφαλον Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gabulą Proto-Germanic
- *gebaną Proto-Germanic
- aiceifealach Irish
- taks Danish
- طخش Arabic
- قبعة Arabic
- taksuso Esperanto
- teixo Galician
- ακέφαλος Greek (modern)
- κεφαλή Greek (modern)
- νεκροκεφαλή Greek (modern)
- φαλαινοκέφαλος Greek (modern)
- taxuso Ido
- qefull Albanian
- texu Asturian
- гоё Mongolian
- ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲏ Coptic
- *taxša Proto-Iranian
- ܩܘܒܥܐ Classical Syriac
- tȟatȟáŋka Lakota