hippopotamus
English
/ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/
noun
Definitions
- A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal ()
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (river horse) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (swift, horse).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eḱ-
Gloss
swift, 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
- equestrianism English
- hippo- English
- hippopotamic English
- hippopotamoid English
- hippopotamuslike English
- eques Latin
- equester Latin
- equiso Latin
- equito Latin
- equīnus Latin
- equīsō Latin
- hippopotamus Latin
- Nilpferd German
- nijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- hippopotame French
- ποτᾰμός Ancient Greek
- ἱπποπόταμος Ancient Greek
- ὠκύπους Ancient Greek
- ῐ̔́ππος Ancient Greek
- *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eḱ-, *h₁oh₁ḱús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱas- Proto-Indo-European
- flodhest Norwegian Bokmål
- flodhest Norwegian Nynorsk
- ฮิปโปโปเตมัส Thai
- היפופוטם Hebrew (modern)
- *íkkʷos Proto-Hellenic