Χερσόνησος
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- Chersonese
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek χέρσος (dry land, dry) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (island).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νῆσος
Gloss
island
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
島
Emoji
🏝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chersonesus Latin
- auster Latin
- austro- Latin
- chersos Latin
- Πελοπόννησος Ancient Greek
- Προκόννησος Ancient Greek
- Τρινασός Ancient Greek
- νησίς Ancient Greek
- νησιώτης Ancient Greek
- νῆσος Ancient Greek
- χέρσος Ancient Greek
- χερσαῖος Ancient Greek
- χερσόνησος Ancient Greek
- *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European
- Peloponnes Danish
- ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ Coptic