κέρας
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- horn (of an animal)
- horn as a material, or anything made of horn, such as a bow.
- (musical instruments) horn (musical instrument)
- arm or branch of a river
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (horn, head, top, shatter, smash, break, mix).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerh₂-
Gloss
horn, head, top, shatter, smash, break, mix
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Giresun English
- Hornblower English
- Turan English
- Yama English
- airhorn English
- behorn English
- bighorn English
- blowhorn English
- buckhorn English
- bullhorn English
- butterhorn English
- coach horn English
- deerhorn English
- dehorn English
- demihorn English
- dishorn English
- elkhorn English
- feedhorn English
- fish-horn English
- flowerhorn English
- foghorn English
- hartshorn English
- horn English
- horn-bearing English
- hornbag English
- hornball English
- hornbeak English
- hornbill English
- hornblower English
- hornbook English
- hornbug English
- horncore English
- horndog English
- horned English
- hornen English
- horner English
- hornfoot English
- hornful English
- hornification English
- horning English
- hornish English
- hornist English
- hornless English
- hornlet English
- hornlike English
- hornowl English
- hornpike English
- hornpipe English
- hornpout English
- hornpox English
- hornrims English
- hornsman English
- hornsnake English
- hornstone English
- horntail English
- hornwork English
- hornworm English
- hornwort English
- hornwrack English
- horny English
- inkhorn English
- keratin English
- kerato- English
- keroid English
- longhorn English
- melodyhorn English
- nanohorn English
- posthorn English
- powderhorn English
- procerite English
- pronghorn English
- raghorn English
- ramshorn English
- saddlehorn English
- shoehorn English
- shorthorn English
- staghorn English
- stinkhorn English
- straighthorn English
- tinhorn English
- war-horn English
- yellowhorn English
- aceratus Latin
- carina Latin
- cerastes Latin
- cerato- Latin
- cerebellum Latin
- cerebrum Latin
- cernuus Latin
- cervix Latin
- cervīcem Latin
- cervīx, cervix, cervīcem Latin
- cornū Latin
- mosaicus Latin
- rhinoceros Latin
- rhīnocerōs Latin
- rhīnocerōs, rhīnocerōtis Latin
- Keratin German
- cornare Italian
- keratine Dutch, Flemish
- -ος Ancient Greek
- -ουντ- Ancient Greek
- Κερασοῦς Ancient Greek
- αἰγόκερας Ancient Greek
- αἴξ Ancient Greek
- βούκερας Ancient Greek
- βοῦς Ancient Greek
- κάρυον Ancient Greek
- κεράννυμι Ancient Greek
- κεράστης Ancient Greek
- κεράτινος Ancient Greek
- κερασός Ancient Greek
- κεραυνός Ancient Greek
- κεφαλή Ancient Greek
- κορυφαῖος Ancient Greek
- κρατήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀ- Ancient Greek
- ἀκέρατος Ancient Greek
- ῥινόκερως Ancient Greek
- ῥῑ́ς Ancient Greek
- *(s)tewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eym- Proto-Indo-European
- *kerud- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱorh₂u Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥h₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- keratin Norwegian Bokmål
- *hersô Proto-Germanic
- *herutaz Proto-Germanic
- *hirzniją Proto-Germanic
- *hurnijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *hurną Proto-Germanic
- 夜摩 Japanese
- keratin Norwegian Nynorsk
- पाक Sanskrit
- यम Sanskrit
- शिर Sanskrit
- शीर्षन् Sanskrit
- संयम Sanskrit
- संयमिनी Sanskrit
- horn, horne Middle English
- *korva Proto-Slavic
- पंच Hindi
- यम Hindi
- توران Persian
- سر Persian
- سرنا Persian
- ρινόκερος Greek (modern)
- ρινόκερως Greek (modern)
- cerato- Translingual
- Giresun Turkish
- ယာမာ Burmese
- *kȫl Proto-Turkic
- *Cerno-on-os Proto-Celtic
- *karnos Proto-Celtic
- *kerati Proto-Celtic
- Liaoceratops Chinese
- Zhuchengceratops Chinese
- 閻摩 Chinese
- 閻魔 Chinese
- ye huehcāuh Classical Nahuatl
- yama Pali
- *ćarHabʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ćr̥Has Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ćr̥Hwa- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kerazrom Proto-Italic
- *krās Proto-Italic
- *krāzrō Proto-Italic
- យម Central Khmer
- бага Mongolian
- баяд Mongolian
- баялаг Mongolian
- баян Mongolian
- ᠯᠠᠮᠠ Mongolian
- *Yámas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *yámHas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤 Middle Persian
- *tsera Proto-Albanian
- *tˢira Proto-Albanian
- யமன் Tamil
- *sarah- Proto-Iranian
- koʻl Uzbek
- *kerawós Proto-Hellenic
- هرن Gulf Arabic
- türk Old Turkic
- ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ Classical Mongolian
- ᠯᠠᠮᠠ Classical Mongolian
- kerpetis Old Prussian
- *śirˀšō bat-pro
- جمےژ Khowar
- tȟatȟáŋka Lakota