τάρανδος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

τάρανδος (tárandosm (genitive τᾰράνδου); second declension

  1. reindeer

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: τάρανδος (tárandos)
  • Latin: tarandus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάρανδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1450

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάρανδος (tárandos), of unknown etymology. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šardo, *šardō or *šordō. There doesn't appear to be any link to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɾanðos/
  • Hyphenation: τά‧ραν‧δος

Noun

τάρανδος (tárandosm (plural τάρανδοι)

  1. reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Further reading