ὕλη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- wood, trees, forest
- timber, firewood
- stuff, material, substance
- matter
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (firewood, beam, wood).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sel-, *swel-
Gloss
firewood, beam, wood
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -yl English
- acetate English
- acetract English
- acetyl English
- doorsill English
- groundsill English
- hylogeny English
- portsill English
- sill English
- silled English
- sillock English
- silva English
- silvicolous English
- skysill English
- undersill English
- windowsill English
- *acētillum Latin
- Silvana Latin
- Silvanus Latin
- acetabulum Latin
- acetaria Latin
- acetosus Latin
- acētum Latin
- acētāria Latin
- hyle Latin
- hȳlem Latin
- hȳlē Latin
- silva Latin
- silvaticus Latin
- silvicola Latin
- silviger Latin
- Silvia Italian
- aceto Italian
- selva Italian
- acétylène French
- methylene French
- sylve French
- Silvia Spanish, Castilian
- acedo Spanish, Castilian
- acetificar Spanish, Castilian
- selva Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultor Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultura Spanish, Castilian
- Κρατύλος Ancient Greek
- κρατέω Ancient Greek
- ὑλικός Ancient Greek
- ὑλοβάτης Ancient Greek
- *aḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- *sel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sel-, *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sew- Proto-Indo-European
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweyd- Proto-Indo-European
- Silvia Portuguese
- selva Portuguese
- silvicultura Portuguese
- *agatjō Proto-Germanic
- *seud- Proto-Germanic
- ättika Swedish
- Sylwia Polish
- æced Old English
- sille Middle English
- yle Middle English
- ylem Middle English
- aicéatáit Irish
- acetone Danish
- *ocьtъ Proto-Slavic
- هيول Arabic
- selve Old French
- sil Serbo-Croatian
- acètic Catalan, Valencian
- selva Catalan, Valencian
- aceda Galician
- silvă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- αντιύλη Greek (modern)
- υλιστής Greek (modern)
- ύλη Greek (modern)
- sìl Welsh
- edic Middle Dutch
- edik Middle Dutch
- ezzih Old High German
- aigéd Old Irish
- sîle Norman
- сил Bulgarian
- pyll Albanian
- 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄 Gothic
- azedo Old Portuguese
- silva Old Portuguese
- etik Middle Low German
- *saw- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sáwmas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *akēō Proto-Italic
- aschaid Romansh
- aschieu Romansh
- ischia Romansh
- ischieu Romansh
- ischiu Romansh
- selva Asturian
- asêt Friulian
- selve Friulian
- jittik Western Frisian
- ϩⲩⲗⲏ Coptic
- acitu Sicilian
- axedo Venetian
- *skūla Proto-Albanian
- acait Dalmatian
- ܗܘܠܐ Classical Syriac
- azì Istriot