χελώνινος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- made of tortoise shell
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek χελώνη (tortoise, turtle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χελώνη
Gloss
tortoise, turtle
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
龜
Emoji
🐢
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chelonochory English
- chelonius Latin
- quelonio Spanish, Castilian
- γερροχελώνη Ancient Greek
- χελώνη Ancient Greek
- ἀσπιδοχελώνη Ancient Greek
- *gʰelu- Proto-Indo-European
- kelonio Esperanto
- χελώνα Greek (modern)