κύων
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a dog
- a bitch
- (pejorative) a bitch used of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity
- an offensive person
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (dog, hound).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱwṓ
Gloss
dog, hound
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
犬, 狗
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Otterhound English
- Procyon English
- bearhound English
- bitch hound English
- bloodhound English
- boarhound English
- bookhound English
- boozehound English
- buckhound English
- canicide English
- canophilia English
- chowhound English
- coonhound English
- cyno- English
- cynocephalus English
- cynodont English
- cynomolgus English
- deerhound English
- draghound English
- elkhound English
- eucynodont English
- foxhound English
- gazehound English
- gorehound English
- grayhound English
- harehound English
- heckhound English
- hellhound English
- hound English
- hounder English
- houndest English
- houndeth English
- houndfish English
- hounding English
- houndish English
- houndlike English
- houndling English
- houndly English
- houndsberry English
- houndsman English
- houndstooth English
- houndy English
- lenshound English
- lyam-hound English
- minkhound English
- newshound English
- nursehound English
- powderhound English
- scenthound English
- sighthound English
- sinhound English
- smuthound English
- staghound English
- swinehound English
- whorehound English
- wolfhound English
- kennel Finnish
- *cane Latin
- *cania Latin
- *canile Latin
- *canīle Latin
- Procyōn Latin
- apocynon Latin
- canarius Latin
- canatim Latin
- canem, canis Latin
- canicula Latin
- caniculus Latin
- caniformis Latin
- caninus Latin
- canis Latin
- canēs, canes Latin
- cynocephalus Latin
- cynorrhodon Latin
- cynosbatos Latin
- Īnsula Canāria Latin
- cinocefalo Italian
- cinorrodo Italian
- cynorhodon French
- сука Russian
- can Spanish, Castilian
- canódromo Spanish, Castilian
- Κυνικός Ancient Greek
- βάτος Ancient Greek
- γλῶσσα Ancient Greek
- δρόμος Ancient Greek
- κεφαλή Ancient Greek
- κυνοκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- κυνοῦχος Ancient Greek
- κυνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- κυνόμυια Ancient Greek
- κυνόσβατος Ancient Greek
- μυῖα Ancient Greek
- πρό Ancient Greek
- ἀπόκυνον Ancient Greek
- ἔχω Ancient Greek
- ῥόδον Ancient Greek
- *h₂ébōl Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwen- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwn-i- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwn̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwṓ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwṓ- Proto-Indo-European
- *hundaz Proto-Germanic
- *hundą Proto-Germanic
- hund Old English
- hunden Old English
- hundfeald Old English
- hundlic Old English
- roþhund Old English
- श्वन् Sanskrit
- hound Middle English
- hund Middle English
- *sǫka Proto-Slavic
- chien Old French
- kien Old French
- ca Catalan, Valencian
- acañar Galician
- cyno- Translingual
- suns Latvian
- կուղբ Old Armenian
- cano Old Irish
- qen Albanian
- samë Albanian
- can Old Portuguese
- *kū Proto-Celtic
- san Pali
- soṇa Pali
- suvāna Pali
- *ćwā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- cãne Aromanian
- *kō Proto-Italic
- chagna Romansh
- chogna Romansh
- cogna Romansh
- čhan Friulian
- *śwā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- сꙋка Old East Slavic
- *kalb- Proto-Semitic
- *tswa(n)-ma Proto-Albanian
- *ś(w)ō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *śun-, *śwō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *śwō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *šuo Proto-Balto-Slavic
- cun Dalmatian
- *cwā́ Proto-Iranian
- tchén Walloon
- ܟܠܒܐ Classical Syriac
- chein Bourguignon
- सुणो Konkani
- can Istriot
- 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥 Avestan
- cane Corsican
- 𒆪𒉿𒀸 Hittite
- *ku Proto-Tocharian
- ہوٗن Kashmiri
- căre Istro-Romanian
- cǫini Megleno-Romanian
- κούε Tsakonian
- tchïn Franc-Comtois
- κινούβοιλα Dacian
- se Kurdish