πόνος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- work, especially hard work; toil
- bodily exertion, exercise
- work, task, business
- the consequence of toil, distress, trouble, suffering
- anything produced by work, a work
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (weave, twist, spin, draw), *(s)penh₁- (weave, twist, spin, draw).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)penh₁-
Gloss
weave, twist, spin, draw
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeroponics English
- air English
- airponics English
- hydroponics English
- ponophobia English
- πένης Ancient Greek
- πένομαι Ancient Greek
- πήνη Ancient Greek
- πονέω Ancient Greek
- πονηρός Ancient Greek
- ἀμφιπένομαι Ancient Greek
- ἀπονία Ancient Greek
- ἄπονος Ancient Greek
- *(s)penh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *spinnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wabją Proto-Germanic
- spinnan Old English
- spinna Old Norse
- παυσίπονο Greek (modern)
- πονοκέφαλος Greek (modern)
- πονοψυχιά Greek (modern)
- πονόδοντος Greek (modern)
- πονόλαιμος Greek (modern)
- πονόματος Greek (modern)
- πόνος Greek (modern)
- στομαχόπονος Greek (modern)
- spinnan Old High German
- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *spinþrō gmw-pro
- *spinnan Old Dutch
- Spinnenwebb Low German
- *pena- Proto-Albanian
- *pínˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic