hipopotam
Turkish
/hipopotam/
noun
Definitions
- hippopotamus
Etymology
Borrowed from French hippopotame derived from Latin hippopotamus derived from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (river horse).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἱπποπόταμος
Gloss
river horse
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hippopotamus English
- hippopotamus Latin
- Nilpferd German
- nijlpaard Dutch, Flemish
- hippopotame French
- гиппопотам Russian
- hipopótamo Spanish, Castilian
- ποτᾰμός Ancient Greek
- ἱπποπόταμος Ancient Greek
- ῐ̔́ππος Ancient Greek
- *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- flodhest Norwegian Bokmål
- flodhest Norwegian Nynorsk
- היפופוטם Hebrew (modern)
- *íkkʷos Proto-Hellenic