היפופוטם
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
noun
Definitions
- hippopotamus large African mammal
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (river horse) derived from Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (horse).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁éḱwos
Gloss
horse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
🎠 🏇 🐴 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hippopotamus English
- equa Latin
- hippopotamus Latin
- Nilpferd German
- nijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- hippopotame French
- ποτᾰμός Ancient Greek
- ἱπποπόταμος Ancient Greek
- ἵππος Ancient Greek
- ῐ̔́ππος Ancient Greek
- *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-European
- flodhest Norwegian Bokmål
- *ehwaz Proto-Germanic
- flodhest Norwegian Nynorsk
- अश्व Sanskrit
- *hepoi Proto-Finnic
- *ekʷos Proto-Celtic
- *Háćwas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ekwos Proto-Italic
- *éśwāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *íkkʷos Proto-Hellenic
- ефс Ossetian, Ossetic
- *yä́kwë Proto-Tocharian
- aswinan Old Prussian
- 𐀂𐀦 Mycenaean Greek
- 𒊍𒍪𒉿𒀸 Luwian
- 𔑮𔐓𔗵𔗬 Luwian
- اسب Laki