αβγό
Greek (Cypriot)
/aˈvɣo/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) egg spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development
- (more specifically) egg of a hen, used as food
- (figuratively) egg anything shaped like an egg
- (biology) egg, ovum female primary cell
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek τὰ ᾠά inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg) inherited from Proto-Hellenic *ōyyón.
Origin
Proto-Hellenic
*ōyyón
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ovulum Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- ᾠόν Ancient Greek
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- el Greek (modern)
- αβγοειδής Greek (modern)
- αβγοθήκη Greek (modern)
- αβγοκομμένος Greek (modern)
- αβγοκόβω Greek (modern)
- αβγολέμονο Greek (modern)
- αβγουλάκι Greek (modern)
- αβγουλιέρα Greek (modern)
- αβγουλού Greek (modern)
- αβγούλι Greek (modern)
- αβγότσουφλο Greek (modern)
- είδος Greek (modern)
- κομμένος Greek (modern)
- κόβω Greek (modern)
- λεμόνι Greek (modern)
- τσόφλι Greek (modern)
- ձու Old Armenian
- ve Albanian
- *āuyom Proto-Celtic
- *āwyom Proto-Celtic
- *Hāwyám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ōwom Proto-Italic
- *ōyyón Proto-Hellenic