προγόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρόγονος (prógonos, “forefather, ancestor”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈɣo.ni.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈɣo.ni.on/

Noun

προγόνιον • (progónion) n (Byzantine)

stepchild

Descendants

> Greek: προγόνι (progóni) (inherited)
> Pontic Greek: προγόνιν (progónin), προγόνι (progóni), προγόν' (progón'), προόν' (proón') (inherited)
- → Laz: პროღონი (p̌roğoni)

Further reading

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 - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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