προγόνιον
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πρόγονος (prógonos, “forefather, ancestor”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈɣo.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈɣo.ni.on/
Noun
[edit]προγόνιον • (progónion) n (Byzantine)
Descendants
[edit]- > Greek: προγόνι (progóni) (inherited)
- > Pontic Greek: προγόνιν (progónin), προγόνι (progóni), προγόν' (progón'), προόν' (proón') (inherited)
- → Laz: პროღონი (p̌roğoni)
Further reading
[edit]- προγόνιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- προγόνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language