The Ancient Macedonian word βίῥῥοξ
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| IPA | bi.r̥r̥oks |
| Meaning | shaggy, hairy, dense |
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Pre-Celtic: *birro
‘short’ Pre-Greek: βίρρος ‘kind of cloak’ |
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Hesychius According to Beekes (2007), this is a pre-Greek word. Possibly a European substratum word? Sowa analyzes it as an inherited IE form *gṷrih3-. See also Pisani (1937), Fick (1888) and Sowa (2012). |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ἀβαρκνᾷ ‘hair’, ἀβροῦτες ‘eyebrows’, κεβαλή ‘head’, κεβλή ‘head’, γαβαλά ‘brain, head’, λαυκανία ‘throat, neck, tongue’ | |