ἕρμα

Etymology

 * Perhaps related to.
 * Alternatively, cognate with 🇨🇬, from and, via the root, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and probably 🇨🇬. Though, the 🇨🇬 cognate  lacks the expected initial */w/.
 * A conflation of these two.
 * A conflation of these two.

Noun

 * 1)  prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship), ballast
 * 2) defense, cause
 * 3) reef, rock
 * 4) hill
 * 5) heap of stones, cairn
 * 6) pendant of the ear, earring
 * 7) band, noose, coils