χάος – Ancient Greek noun declension

Noun: χάος
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Nouns inflected like χάος

χάος,

Etymology

1. Likely related to χαῦνος (khaûnos, “porous, loose-grained”) (via an earlier form χάος (kháos) < *χάϝος (*kháwos)), with original meaning "hole, empty space, yawning opening"; from this spring the traditional connections with χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), χήμη (khḗmē, “gaping; clam”). If so, then likely from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₂- (“to yawn, gape”); cognates thus include Proto-Germanic *gōmô (“gum, palate”) and Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”) (< *gʰéh₂mr̥/n-). The Germanic and Baltic terms probably originally referred to "mouth" before shifting to "palate".
2. An alternative theory by Furnee connects the word with Proto-Georgian-Zan *qew- (“ravine”).
3. Often compared to χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “open space; place”), but likely unrelated.

Verbs referencing "χάος"

English Nouns gas, Dutch Nouns gas, Spanish Nouns gas, Czech Nouns chaos, Dutch Nouns chaos, French Nouns chaos, Catalan Nouns caos, Galician Nouns caos, Italian Nouns caos, Portuguese Nouns caos, Spanish Nouns caos, German Nouns Chaos, Russian Nouns хаос, Ukrainian Nouns хаос, Romanian Nouns haos, Irish Nouns gás, Portuguese Nouns gás, Finnish Nouns kaaos, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns kaos, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns kaos, Swedish Nouns kaos, Russian Nouns газ, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns gass, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns gass.

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