κύανος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- blue
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (hiss, whisper, whistle, light, white, shine), *ḱwey- (hiss, whisper, whistle, light, white, shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱwey-
Gloss
hiss, whisper, whistle, light, white, shine
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyan English
- cyanean English
- cyanic English
- cyanise English
- haemocyanin English
- oocyan English
- œnocyan English
- cyaneus Latin
- cyanos Latin
- cyanus Latin
- Kyanit German
- Zyanotypie German
- ciano Italian
- cyan French
- cyanique French
- κυανόπρῳρος Ancient Greek
- κῠᾰνοῦς Ancient Greek
- πρῷρα Ancient Greek
- *ḱwey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱʷei- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwīnaną Proto-Germanic
- βαθυκύανο Greek (modern)
- βαθυκύανος Greek (modern)
- ερυθροκύανος Greek (modern)
- κυανός Greek (modern)
- *hwīnan gmw-pro
- κυανός gkm