ἱπποπόταμος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- hippopotamus
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (horse) + Ancient Greek ποτᾰμός (river).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ποτᾰμός
Gloss
river
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
川, 河
Emoji
🐻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- equestrianism English
- hippo- English
- hippocampus English
- hippopotamic English
- hippopotamoid English
- hippopotamus English
- hippopotamuslike English
- eques Latin
- equester Latin
- equiso Latin
- equito Latin
- equīnus Latin
- equīsō Latin
- hippopotamus Latin
- Nil German
- Nilpferd German
- Pferd German
- Nijl Dutch, Flemish
- dwergnijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- nijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- paard Dutch, Flemish
- hippopotame French
- гиппопотам Russian
- hipopótamo Spanish, Castilian
- Ζεύξιππος Ancient Greek
- Λύσιππος Ancient Greek
- Μένιππος Ancient Greek
- ποτᾰμός Ancient Greek
- τέθριππον Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκρατία Ancient Greek
- ἱππολάπαθον Ancient Greek
- ἱππομάραθον Ancient Greek
- ἱπποτοξότης Ancient Greek
- ἱπποφοβάς Ancient Greek
- ἱππόδρομος Ancient Greek
- ἱππόκαμπος Ancient Greek
- ἵππος Ancient Greek
- Ἱπποκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἱππομέδων Ancient Greek
- Ἱππόλυτος Ancient Greek
- Ἵππαρχος Ancient Greek
- ὠκύπους Ancient Greek
- ῐ̔́ππος Ancient Greek
- *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eḱ-, *h₁oh₁ḱús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱas- Proto-Indo-European
- flod Norwegian Bokmål
- flodhest Norwegian Bokmål
- hest Norwegian Bokmål
- flod Norwegian Nynorsk
- flodhest Norwegian Nynorsk
- hest Norwegian Nynorsk
- ฮิปโปโปเตมัส Thai
- Nīla Latvian
- nīlzirgs Latvian
- zirgs Latvian
- hipopotam Turkish
- היפופוטם Hebrew (modern)
- *íkkʷos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐀂𐀦 Mycenaean Greek