τροχός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrogʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (to run, drag, pull), whence τρέχω (trékhō, I run).[1] Cognates include Old Irish droch (wheel, circlet) and Old Armenian դուրգն (durgn, potter's wheel).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τροχός (trokhósm (genitive τροχοῦ); second declension

  1. wheel
  2. hoop, ring
  3. island
  4. perimeter
  5. running course
  6. race
  7. runner
  8. badger

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τροχός, τρόχος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1511

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós) (in some senses, such as potter's wheel; in the general sense, it may have been a later learned borrowing).

Noun

τροχός (trochósm (plural τροχοί)

  1. wheel
  2. potter's wheel

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