σῖτος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- grain, corn (in the British sense, encompassing wheat and barley, the cereal grains used by the ancient Greeks)
- grains and lentils
- bread (as opposed to meat)
- food (as opposed to drink)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeHi-to-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeHi-to-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sitalces Latin
- parasitus Latin
- parasītus Latin
- Σιτάλκης Ancient Greek
- παρά Ancient Greek
- παράσιτος Ancient Greek
- σίτινος Ancient Greek
- σιτίον Ancient Greek
- σιτοθήκη Ancient Greek
- σιτοφάγος Ancient Greek
- ἀλκή Ancient Greek
- ἄσιτος Ancient Greek
- *gʷeHi-to- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- παράσιτο Greek (modern)
- bíad Old Irish
- *bētom Proto-Celtic
- *geit- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *buɨd Proto-Brythonic