πυγών
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- distance from the elbow to the first joint of the fingers, used as a measure of length
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (punch, prick, strike, stab), *pewǵ- (punch, prick, strike, stab).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pewǵ-
Gloss
punch, prick, strike, stab
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pugnacious English
- repugn English
- repugnancy English
- *pūgnālis, pūgnāle(m), *pugnalis Latin
- *pūgnālis, pūgnāle, *pugnalis Latin
- impugnō Latin
- pugil Latin
- pugio Latin
- pugneus Latin
- pugnitus Latin
- pugno Latin
- pugnus Latin
- pūgnus Latin
- repugnans Latin
- repugno Latin
- appunto Italian
- pugno Italian
- puño Spanish, Castilian
- πυγμή Ancient Greek
- πύξ Ancient Greek
- *peuḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pewǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *puǵ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *puǵnos Proto-Indo-European
- *puḱnos Proto-Indo-European
- *fukkōną Proto-Germanic
- *fukkōną#Etymology_2 Proto-Germanic
- poing Old French
- repugnance Old French
- puny Catalan, Valencian
- puñal Galician
- pumn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- punno Old Portuguese
- pulmu Aromanian
- ponh Occitan
- punh Occitan
- *pugnos Proto-Italic
- *pungō Proto-Italic
- pugn Romansh
- puogn Romansh
- puñu Asturian
- pugn Friulian
- punio Neapolitan
- poûgno Istriot
- póggn Emilian
- pùgn Emilian