γῦρος

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See also: γυρός and γύρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to curve, to bend), the same source as Old Armenian կոր (kor), Lithuanian gur̃nas (ankle, hip, bone), and Norwegian kaure (curly lock of hair). See also γυῖον (guîon, hand, limbs).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γῦρος (gûrosm (genitive γῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. ring, circle

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: γύρος (gýros)
  • Latin: gȳrus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γῦρός (> DER γῦρος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293

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