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Ancient Greek: kérkos
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Lexeme data
Language:
Ancient Greek
Meaning:
tail
Source form:
κέρκος
Phonological form:
kérkos
Gloss:
tail (of an animal)
Notes:
G.sg. κέρκου. orig. 'stave, rod'?, but comp. kerkis 'weaver's shuttle', etym. dubious (Beekes: 679)
Cognate codes:
Al
Source of lexical data
Source:
LSJ = H. G. Liddell, R. Scott. H. S. Jones. A Greek-English Lexicon. (Oxford, rev. ed. with supplement 1968)
Reliability:
High
Cognate coding
Cognate Class Al
Source:
Chantraine, Pierre. 1968-1980. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grec. Paris: Klinksieck.
Reliability:
High
Source:
Beekes, Robert. 2010. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Leiden: Brill.
Reliability:
High