σκίουρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally explained as a bahuvrihi compound of σκιά (skiá, shade, shadow) + οὐρά (ourá, tail), thus "(one who) generates shade with its tail", but this could be a folk etymology, and it might actually be Pre-Greek, if the -ουρος (-ouros) is a suffix rather than a standalone word.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῐ́ουρος (skíourosm (genitive σκῐούρου); second declension

  1. squirrel

Inflection

Descendants

  • Armenian: սկյուռ (skyuṙ)
  • Greek: σκίουρος (skíouros)
  • Latin: sciūrus, sciūrolus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκίουρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1354

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, squirrel).

Noun

σκίουρος (skíourosm (plural σκίουροι)

  1. squirrel

Declension

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