The Ancient Macedonian word ἵππος
| Word | ἵππος |
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| IPA | híppoς |
| Meaning | horse |
| See also |
Homeric Greek: ἵππος
‘horse’ Proto-Indo-European: *h₁ék̂wos ‘horse’ |
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Comments |
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| The word is not exclusively Macedonian, but is found in all Greek dialects. Discussions regarding it as a loan are pointless, since the word is part of compounds e.g. Βίλιππος/Φίλιππος. | |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ἀλίη ‘boar’, πέχαρι ‘deer’, χάρων ‘lion’, γοτάν ‘swine’, πέλλη(ς) ‘cow, oxen’ | |