βρέφος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- baby, babe, infant
- babe in the womb, foetus/fetus
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ- (young animal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷrebʰ-
Gloss
young animal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brefotrofio Italian
- жеребец Russian
- βρεφοτροφεῖον Ancient Greek
- τροφεῖον Ancient Greek
- *gʷrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bromach Irish
- *žerbę Proto-Slavic
- *žerbьcь Proto-Slavic
- կորյուն Armenian
- βρέφος Greek (modern)
- βρεφοκομείο Greek (modern)
- βρεφοκτονία Greek (modern)
- կորիւն Old Armenian
- *brombākos Proto-Celtic
- жрѣбѧ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian