αλεπού
Greek (Cypriot)
noun
Definitions
- fox
- (figuratively) cunning or sly person
Etymology
Inherited from ἀλωπού, ἀλωπώ inherited from Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (fox) inherited from Proto-Hellenic *alōpēḱos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p, *h₂ulp (fox).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wl(o)p, *h₂ulp
Gloss
fox
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狐
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alopecoid English
- χηναλώπηξ Ancient Greek
- ἀλωπέκουρος Ancient Greek
- ἀλώπηξ Ancient Greek
- *h₂lōpeh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl(o)p, *h₂ulp Proto-Indo-European
- روباه Persian
- αλεποπορδή Greek (modern)
- αλεπουδάκι Greek (modern)
- αλεποφωλιά Greek (modern)
- αλεπότρυπα Greek (modern)
- αλώπηξ Greek (modern)
- πορδή Greek (modern)
- τρύπα Greek (modern)
- φωλιά Greek (modern)
- ἀλώπηξ Greek (modern)
- աղուեսենի Old Armenian
- աղուէս Old Armenian
- rubah Malay
- dhelpër Albanian
- *laupāća Proto-Indo-Iranian
- lwpʾh Middle Persian
- *dzelpinā Proto-Albanian
- ἀλωπού gkm
- ἀλωπώ gkm
- ʻalopeka Hawaiian
- ʻalopeke Hawaiian
- *alōpēḱos Proto-Hellenic