Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-ur-ya-, from *h₂enk- (corner, hirn) (whence also ἄγκος (ánkos)). This is supported by the OED;[1] however, Beekes is skeptical, due to the suffix -ῡρα (-ūra) being associated with presumably-substrate words including γέφῡρᾰ (géphūra, dam, dike) and γόργῡρα (górgūra, underground sewer), and takes the word as Pre-Greek.[2]

The Greek word is the origin of or from the same source as Latin ancora.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἄγκῡρα (ánkūraf (genitive ἀγκῡ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. anchor
  2. hook

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄγκῡρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

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