χέρνιψ
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- water for washing the hands especially before sacrifices
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhrnikʷs compound from Ancient Greek χείρ (hand) + Ancient Greek νίζω (wash the hands, wash, I wash)root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- (hand).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰes-
Gloss
hand
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
手
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chiropractor English
- chīrūrgia Latin
- millimetro Italian
- хиральность Russian
- Χειρίσοφος Ancient Greek
- κειρόγρᾰφον Ancient Greek
- μεταχειρίζω Ancient Greek
- νίζω Ancient Greek
- νίπτρον Ancient Greek
- νιπτήρ Ancient Greek
- χέρνιβον Ancient Greek
- χείρ Ancient Greek
- χειράγρα Ancient Greek
- χειροδόσιον Ancient Greek
- χειρομύλη Ancient Greek
- χειρονόμος Ancient Greek
- χειρουργέω Ancient Greek
- χειρουργός Ancient Greek
- χειρόνιπτρον Ancient Greek
- χειρόομαι Ancient Greek
- ἑκατόγχειρος Ancient Greek
- *méǵʰ(s)ri Proto-Indo-European
- *sm̥-ǵʰéslom Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰes-, *ǵʰésr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰés-to- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰés-tos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰésōr Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰóstos Proto-Indo-European
- χειρο- Greek (modern)
- *ȷ́ʰástas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 𐭩𐭣𐭤 Middle Persian
- χέριον grc-koi
- *kʰéhrnikʷs Proto-Hellenic
- *niďďō Proto-Hellenic