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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of unclear origin:
- Beekes derives the word from κοττῐ́ς (kottís, “hairdress with long hair on the forehead”), as the crests of chickens resemble such hairstyles.[1]
- Masica considers the word as a Dravidian borrowing, and suggests either Old Tamil 𑀓𑁄𑀵𑀺 (kōḻi) or Old Telugu కోడి (kōḍi) as the source.[2] As chickens were first domesticated in Southeast Asia and potentially passed through South Asia before arriving in Western Eurasia, this is plausible; however, the word for "chicken" in other Mediterranean languages used for sea trade (including presumably Phoenician and Etruscan) does not resemble that of the Greek or Dravidian forms, casting doubt on the theory.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kót.tos/ → /ˈkot.tos/ → /ˈko.tos/
Noun
κόττος • (kóttos) n (indeclinable)
- chicken
Inflection
τὸ κόττος
tò kóttos
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τοῦ κόττος
toû kóttos
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τῷ κόττος
tôi kóttos
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τὸ κόττος
tò kóttos
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κόττος
kóttos
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κοττίς, -ίδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 762
- ^ Masica, Colin, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India, p.125