τείχος
Greek (Cypriot)
noun
Definitions
- city wall
- wall, rampart
- (figuratively) wall
- (soccer) wall
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek τεῖχος (wall, fortification, mound).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τεῖχος
Gloss
wall, fortification, mound
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
壁
Emoji
📌 📍 🧱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- teichoic English
- teikkohappo Finnish
- τειχίζω Ancient Greek
- τεῖχος Ancient Greek
- *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European