ὄρος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a mountain, hill
- mountain chain
- district, sector, precinct, parish
- (Egypt) desert
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-, *h₃eros derived from Egyptian ḏw (mountain, evil, bad, wicked) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (stir, move, spring, rise, attack, rising, related to moving, lift).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃er-
Gloss
stir, move, spring, rise, attack, rising, related to moving, lift
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
攻, 伐, 撃, 討
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arista Latin
- orior Latin
- oriēns Latin
- orient French
- oréotrague French
- орография Russian
- orografía Spanish, Castilian
- orográfico Spanish, Castilian
- -ος Ancient Greek
- οὖρος Ancient Greek
- σπίζα Ancient Greek
- φύλαξ Ancient Greek
- ἄψορρος Ancient Greek
- ἔρνος Ancient Greek
- ὀρίνω Ancient Greek
- ὀροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- ὀρόσπιζος Ancient Greek
- ὄρμενος Ancient Greek
- ὄρνυμι Ancient Greek
- *h₁reyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃er-, *h₃eros Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃r̥-néw-ti Proto-Indo-European
- ऋति Sanskrit
- ऋष्व Sanskrit
- orient Middle English
- *orsti Proto-Slavic
- *ortь Proto-Slavic
- ορεινός Greek (modern)
- oreas Translingual
- արմ Old Armenian
- յառնեմ Old Armenian
- որոր Old Armenian
- tpj-ḏw.f Egyptian
- ḏw Egyptian
- ḏwj Egyptian
- ḏwt Egyptian
- ꜣbḏw Egyptian
- *Hr̥ṣwás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *rina Proto-Albanian
- tw Demotic
- *ār- Proto-Tocharian