ἕρμα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship), ballast
- defense, cause
- reef, rock
- hill
- heap of stones, cairn
- pendant of the ear, earring
- band, noose, coils
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek εἴρω (I say, I string together, say, I tie, speak, I fasten together, fasten) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wérsmn̥ (bump, summit, top, protrusion, hill, peak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wérsmn̥
Gloss
bump, summit, top, protrusion, hill, peak
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intervaricose English
- nonvaricose English
- varicoid English
- varicose English
- varicosely English
- varicosis English
- varicosity English
- varix English
- varix Latin
- verruca Latin
- verrucosus Latin
- verruca Italian
- Верхоянск Russian
- вверх Russian
- верх Russian
- верхний Russian
- верховой Russian
- верхушка Russian
- вершок Russian
- доверху Russian
- Λαέρτης Ancient Greek
- εἴρω Ancient Greek
- ἔνερσις Ancient Greek
- ῥῆμα Ancient Greek
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérsmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- barocco Portuguese
- barroco Portuguese
- *wartǭ Proto-Germanic
- wearte Old English
- varix Middle English
- varta Old Norse
- *vьrxъ Proto-Slavic
- beregată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- warza Old High German
- véthue Norman
- wratt Old Dutch
- *verroccon Proto-Celtic
- warta Old Saxon
- врьхъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- viršus Lithuanian
- *wiršus Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *héřřō Proto-Hellenic