ὠκύς
Ancient Greek
adj-1&3
Definitions
- (chiefly) fast, swift, quick
- (with accusative of respect) swift of foot, swift-footed
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-, *h₁oh₁ḱús (quick, swift), *h₁eḱ- (swift, horse).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eḱ-
Gloss
swift, horse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
🎠 🏇 🐴 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- equestrianism English
- hippo- English
- eques Latin
- equester Latin
- equiso Latin
- equito Latin
- equīnus Latin
- equīsō Latin
- ποδώκης Ancient Greek
- πούς Ancient Greek
- ἱπποπόταμος Ancient Greek
- ὠκύπους Ancient Greek
- *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eḱ-, *h₁oh₁ḱús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-European
- *oḱú- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱas- Proto-Indo-European
- आशु Sanskrit
- ఆశువు Telugu
- *HaHśúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀆𑀲𑀼 Maharastri Prakrit