κόλπος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- bosom, lap
- a fold in fabric around the bosom
- any hollow space, pocket
- especially of water, the hollow between waves
- gulf, bay, creek
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (curve, arch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷelp-
Gloss
curve, arch
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
曲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colpo- English
- colpus English
- overwhelm English
- underwhelm English
- unwhelm English
- whelm English
- whemmel English
- colaphus Latin
- colfos Latin
- colfus Latin
- colpus Latin
- corbicula Latin
- corbis Latin
- coxa Latin
- culcita Latin
- culcitra Latin
- exculptus Latin
- Bienenkorb German
- coltre Italian
- corba Italian
- golfo Italian
- coup French
- gouffre French
- colcha Spanish, Castilian
- colchón Spanish, Castilian
- golfo Spanish, Castilian
- βαθύκολπος Ancient Greek
- βᾰθῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- *(s)kep- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷelp- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolp-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *qu̯el- Proto-Indo-European
- golfo Portuguese
- *gelbaną Proto-Germanic
- *hwalbą Proto-Germanic
- whelmen Middle English
- karfa Old Norse
- coilte Old French
- coite Old French
- coper Old French
- culche Old French
- golf Catalan, Valencian
- cócedra Galician
- կոպ Armenian
- κολπίτιδα Greek (modern)
- κόλπος Greek (modern)
- cylched Welsh
- korb Old High German
- կոպ Old Armenian
- körfez Turkish
- korbull Albanian
- körfəz Azerbaijani
- colcha Old Portuguese
- golfu Asturian
- cutra Sicilian
- colp Old Catalan