Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Related to χάσκω (kháskō, to open the mouth, gape, yawn), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-n- of the same meaning.[1]

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

χαίνω (khaínō)

  1. late present of χάσκω (kháskō)

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χάσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1616

Further reading edit