Ancient Greek, ὄνος (ónos) = ass, donkey...
According to Wiktionary, etymology = uncertain. Perhaps from Pre-Greek...
Hmmmmm...I wonder what Pre-Greek language could it be?
Slavic
"o" = on, on top
"nos" = carry
onos = o + nos = on + carry...
What are donkeys used mostly for???
Mysterious coincidence...
A magarac?
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86
Delete"Mose" from ancient Egyptian birth/born, perhaps related, bear/born/borne, maybe 'drawn from'. Onager is semi-wild Asian ass.
ReplyDeleteAnc Grk onos : ass, donkey
ReplyDeleterelated to Lat asinus,
"probably from same source as Sumerian anše 'ass'" (Watkins)
onager < Gk onagros < onos + agrios 'wild'