χθόνιος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- underground, subterranean, chthonian
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek χθών (earth, ground, soil, Earth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (earth, land).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰéǵʰōm
Gloss
earth, land
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
土, 地
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichthon English
- chthonic English
- ktooninen Finnish
- chthonius Latin
- humus Latin
- ctonio Italian
- chtonisch Dutch, Flemish
- camion French
- alóctono Spanish, Castilian
- χαμᾶζε Ancient Greek
- χθών Ancient Greek
- ἐνοσίχθων Ancient Greek
- ἐπιχθόνιος Ancient Greek
- Ἐριχθόνιος Ancient Greek
- *dʰéǵʰōm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰmṓ Proto-Indo-European
- क्षम् Sanskrit
- ցամաք Old Armenian
- *gdū Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́žʰā́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́ʰžā́s Proto-Indo-Iranian
- zmyk' Middle Persian
- zevî Northern Kurdish
- *źemē Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *tken Proto-Tocharian
- zemē Old Prussian
- *déǵm̥ Proto-Anatolian
- Σεμ Thracian