χεῖλος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- lip
- mouth of any animal: snout, beak
- edge, brink, brim, rim
- shore, or a river or sea
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰel-
Gloss
shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acheilous English
- bluegill English
- brittlegill English
- cheilo- English
- chilopod English
- flirt-gill English
- gill English
- gilled English
- gillless English
- gillnet English
- greengill English
- sevengill English
- sixgill English
- chilopodus Latin
- chīlomastix Latin
- Chilone Italian
- μάστιξ Ancient Greek
- πούς Ancient Greek
- χελιδών Ancient Greek
- ὀνόχειλος Ancient Greek
- ὄνος Ancient Greek
- *gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- golle Norwegian Bokmål
- *galaną Proto-Germanic
- *galdraz Proto-Germanic
- *galdrą Proto-Germanic
- *galpōną Proto-Germanic
- *gellaną Proto-Germanic
- *gelpą Proto-Germanic
- *glutōną Proto-Germanic
- *gōlijaną Proto-Germanic
- gealdor Old English
- gile Middle English
- gala Old Norse
- *žьlvъ Proto-Slavic
- χείλος Greek (modern)
- χειλοϋπερωικός Greek (modern)
- գեղգեղեմ Old Armenian
- *galan gmw-pro
- *galda Proto-Albanian
- *gėlwɨd Proto-Brythonic
- chilopodus la-new