mýta
Icelandic
/ˈmiːta/
noun
Definitions
- myth
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish myte derived from Ancient Greek μῦθος (word, speech, fable, companion, account, myth, humour, story, tale, rumour, report, rumor, humor, legend).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μῦθος
Gloss
word, speech, fable, companion, account, myth, humour, story, tale, rumour, report, rumor, humor, legend
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
辞
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- myth English
- mythos Latin
- mȳthos Latin
- mítosz Hungarian
- mito Italian
- миф Russian
- μυθέομαι Ancient Greek
- μυθώδης Ancient Greek
- μῦθοι Ancient Greek
- μῦθος Ancient Greek
- πολύμυθος Ancient Greek
- *muHdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- mito Portuguese
- mit Polish
- miotas Irish
- myte Danish
- mit Serbo-Croatian
- mīts Latvian
- מיתוס Hebrew (modern)
- мит Macedonian