τοῖχος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to knead, form, fashion). Compare τεῖχος (teîkhos), which it appears to be variant of.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τοῖχος (toîkhosm (genitive τοίχου); second declension

  1. wall (inside a building), partition
  2. the side of a ship

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: τοίχος (toíchos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τεῖχος (> VAR > τοῖχος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1458-9

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