χοῖρος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a pig, especially a young one.
- (generally) swine
- (slang) female genitalia, especially those belonging to a young woman
- a fish of the Nile
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *kʰóřřos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóryos (pig).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰóryos
Gloss
pig
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- er Latin
- erre Italian
- κομέω Ancient Greek
- τροφεῖον Ancient Greek
- χοίρινος Ancient Greek
- χοιροκομεῖον Ancient Greek
- χοιροτροφεῖον Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰóryos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰḗr Proto-Indo-European
- αγριόχοιρος Greek (modern)
- χοίρος Greek (modern)
- χοιρινό Greek (modern)
- derr Albanian
- ღორი Georgian
- ღორობა Georgian
- *hēr Proto-Italic
- *darja Proto-Albanian
- ღორი Old Georgian
- *kʰóřřos Proto-Hellenic
- *ɣor- Proto-Georgian-Zan