ἱπποπόταμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ ποτᾰμός (potamós, “river”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος • (hippopótamos) m (genitive ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου); second declension

  1. hippopotamus

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Arabic: فَرَس نَهْر (faras nahr) (calque)
  • → Danish: flodhest (calque)
  • → German: Flusspferd (calque)
  • → English: river horse (calque)
  • → Latin: hippopotamus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: գետաձի (getaji) (calque)

References

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