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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Beekes suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *krno-, a root shared also by Latin cornus (“cornel”) and possibly Lithuanian Kirnis (“a god who protects cherries”). A Mediterranean substrate origin is also possible, which has to be assumed for κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry tree”) in any case.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krá.non/ → /ˈkra.non/ → /ˈkra.non/
Noun
κράνον • (kránon) n (genitive κράνου); second declension
- cornel (Cornus mas)
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Further reading
- “κράνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κράνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κράνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN