πλοῖον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a floating vessel, ship, boat
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πλέω (sail, float, I sail) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *plówyom (floating vessel), *plew- (flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plew-
Gloss
flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laiva Finnish
- Plavis Latin
- linter Latin
- luntrem, lunter Latin
- nauplius Latin
- pluit Latin
- pluvia Latin
- plūma Latin
- pulmō Latin
- Ναύπλιος Ancient Greek
- Πλουτώνιος Ancient Greek
- Πλούταρχος Ancient Greek
- Πλούτων Ancient Greek
- Πλοῦτος Ancient Greek
- διαπλέω Ancient Greek
- καταπλέω Ancient Greek
- παραπλέω Ancient Greek
- περιπλέω Ancient Greek
- πλέω Ancient Greek
- πλουτοκρατέομαι Ancient Greek
- πλουτοκρατία Ancient Greek
- πλωΐζω Ancient Greek
- πλόος Ancient Greek
- πλύνω Ancient Greek
- πλώϊμος Ancient Greek
- συμπλέω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιπλέω Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléwmō Proto-Indo-European
- *plówyom Proto-Indo-European
- *flawją Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- *flōaną Proto-Germanic
- *flōwisô Proto-Germanic
- प्लव Sanskrit
- fley Old Norse
- *plavati Proto-Slavic
- *plaviti Proto-Slavic
- *plyti Proto-Slavic
- *plūťè Proto-Slavic
- *plъ̃tъ Proto-Slavic
- فرب Persian
- πλέω Greek (modern)
- լուանամ Old Armenian
- *laiva Proto-Finnic
- *ɸlowto- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸlowyos Proto-Celtic
- *plu- Proto-Indo-Iranian