taxus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A yew (tree).
- (poetic) A javelin made of the wood of the yew tree.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Iranian *taxša derived from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (run, flow, be fluid, flee).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tekʷ-
Gloss
run, flow, be fluid, flee
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
🎽 🏃 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 💨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cephalous English
- lissencephaly English
- phoneidoscope English
- toxology English
- *tasto, *tastāre, *tastō Latin
- *taxitō Latin
- -cephalia Latin
- cynocephalus Latin
- folium Latin
- idyllium Latin
- tangō Latin
- tasto, *tastāre, *tastō Latin
- tastō Latin
- taxicus Latin
- taxifolius Latin
- taxō Latin
- taksál Hungarian
- cefalo- Italian
- céphalopode French
- tâche French
- -oide Spanish, Castilian
- tejón Spanish, Castilian
- -ειδής Ancient Greek
- -ο- Ancient Greek
- αἰγοκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- εἰδητικός Ancient Greek
- εἶδος Ancient Greek
- καλός Ancient Greek
- κεφάλαιος Ancient Greek
- κεφαλή Ancient Greek
- κεφαλικός Ancient Greek
- κεφαλῆφιν Ancient Greek
- κεφαλῖνος Ancient Greek
- κυνοκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- λύγος Ancient Greek
- τοξικός Ancient Greek
- τοξότης Ancient Greek
- τόξον Ancient Greek
- ἀκέφαλος Ancient Greek
- ἀμφικέφαλος Ancient Greek
- ἀποκεφαλίζω Ancient Greek
- ἱπποτοξότης Ancient Greek
- ὑδροκέφαλον Ancient Greek
- *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *tekwos Proto-Indo-European
- *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wéydos Proto-Indo-European
- *þahsuz Proto-Germanic
- *þewanōstaz Proto-Germanic
- *þewāną Proto-Germanic
- *þiwī Proto-Germanic
- -óideach Irish
- þján Old Norse
- þjóna Old Norse
- þjónan Old Norse
- þjónkan Old Norse
- þéna Old Norse
- þénari Old Norse
- þénasta Old Norse
- taks Danish
- *teťi Proto-Slavic
- *tokъ Proto-Slavic
- طخش Arabic
- taisson Old French
- taxer Old French
- taksuso Esperanto
- teixo Galician
- teixón Galician
- تاختن Persian
- تکیدن Persian
- κεφαλή Greek (modern)
- τόξο Greek (modern)
- taxuso Ido
- *tekʷeti Proto-Celtic
- thahs Old Saxon
- texu Asturian
- гоё Mongolian
- ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲏ Coptic
- tk' Middle Persian
- *en-teka, *enteka Proto-Albanian
- *tek- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *tektei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *taxša Proto-Iranian
- tȟatȟáŋka Lakota
- تجه Talysh