νᾶνος

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See also: νάνος

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly onomatopoeic, though the logic behind the formation, as well as putative source if borrowed, is unclear.[1] Compare perhaps English neener (playground insult).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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νᾶνος (nânosm (genitive νᾱ́νου); second declension

  1. dwarf

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νᾶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 995

Further reading

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