ήλιος
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈi.ʎos/
noun
Definitions
- sun star that the Earth orbits
- (by extension) sunlight, daylight
- (by extension) sunny weather
- sun any star orbited
- (figuratively) sunflower
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (sun, sunlight) inherited from Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (sun).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sóh₂wl̥
Gloss
sun
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
日, 陽
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heliotypy English
- parasol English
- helium Latin
- solidus Latin
- sōl Latin
- sōl, sol Latin
- sōlem Latin
- sōlāris Latin
- Sole Italian
- antisole Italian
- doposole Italian
- girasole Italian
- parasole Italian
- perielio Italian
- prendisole Italian
- sole Italian
- soleggiare Italian
- solicello Italian
- solleone Italian
- ге́лий Russian
- солнечный Russian
- τύπος Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοκάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοσκόπιον Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοτρόπιον Ancient Greek
- ἡλιόφυτον Ancient Greek
- ἥλιος Ancient Greek
- *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *sunnǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sunþrizô Proto-Germanic
- *swagilaz Proto-Germanic
- *sōwulą Proto-Germanic
- *sōwulō Proto-Germanic
- sōl Old English
- सूर Sanskrit
- हेलि Sanskrit
- heliotrop Danish
- *sъlnьce Proto-Slavic
- έλαιο Greek (modern)
- αλεξήλιο Greek (modern)
- ηλιέλαιο Greek (modern)
- ηλιοθεραπεία Greek (modern)
- ηλιοψημένος Greek (modern)
- ηλιόλουστος Greek (modern)
- ηλιόλουτρο Greek (modern)
- θεραπεία Greek (modern)
- λουτρό Greek (modern)
- λούζω Greek (modern)
- ψημένος Greek (modern)
- ჰელიუმი Georgian
- *sāwol Proto-Celtic
- *sūle Proto-Celtic
- *súHar Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *súHr̥ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swōl Proto-Italic
- *saul Proto-Balto-Slavic
- swāñco Tocharian B
- *hāwélios Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬓𐬀𐬥 Avestan
- *saul- bat-pro