ἱπποπόταμος

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

ῐ̔πποπότᾰμος (hippopótamosm (genitive ῐ̔πποποτᾰ́μου); second declension

  1. hippopotamus

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • 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)

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