ἄγκος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a bend, hollow: hence, mountain glen, dell, valley
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *ánkos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (curve, bend, hollow, bowl, glen, dell, a bend), *h₂enk- (hook, something bent, bend, corner, hirn, bow, curve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂enk-
Gloss
hook, something bent, bend, corner, hirn, bow, curve
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
隅
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ancistroid English
- onco- English
- uncinus English
- uncus English
- ancistrum Latin
- ancrae Latin
- ancus Latin
- uncinus Latin
- ungulus Latin
- ἀγκυλομήτης Ancient Greek
- ἀγκύλος Ancient Greek
- ἄγκιστρον Ancient Greek
- ἄγκυρα Ancient Greek
- ὄγκος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eng-, *h₂énkos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enk- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énkos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ónkos Proto-Indo-European
- *angijō Proto-Germanic
- *angulaz Proto-Germanic
- *angô Proto-Germanic
- *ēlaz Proto-Germanic
- अङ्क Sanskrit
- अङ्कस् Sanskrit
- अङ्कित Sanskrit
- *paǫkъ Proto-Slavic
- անկյուն Armenian
- άγκιστρο Greek (modern)
- αγκίστρι Greek (modern)
- անկիւն Old Armenian
- *Hanč- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hánkas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hánkas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ánkos Proto-Hellenic