English
Hyrcanus
Hyrcanus comes from Latin Hyrcānus ‘Hyrcan, Hyrcanian’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wĺ̥kʷos‘wolf’reconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὙρκᾱνόςHurkānós‘Hyrcanian’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHyrcānus‘Hyrcan, Hyrcanian’
- EnglishtodayHyrcanus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wĺ̥kʷos‘wolf’reconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὙρκᾱνόςHurkānós‘Hyrcanian’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHyrcānus‘Hyrcan, Hyrcanian’
- EnglishtodayHyrcanus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos ‘wolf’
Today it means
name A male given name of historical usage, notably born by figures in Hasmonean Judaea
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos / Hyrcanus