Cancer

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate

Crab

genus Cancer

Cancer the Crab

Astacus

Old World crayfish

ecrevisse

the Crab

Pircarînî

B1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈkænsə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Learned borrowing from Latin cancer (“crab”), calque of Ancient Greek Καρκίνος (Karkínos, “crab”), calque of Akkadian 𒀀𒇻𒌅 (allutu, “crab”), from Sumerian 𒀯𒀠𒈜 (ᵐᵘˡAL.LUL, “crab; name of constellation”).

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