Where does “Ζῆλος” come from?

Ζῆλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

Ζῆλος (Ancient Greek): Zelus

Definitions

  1. Zelus

Ancestry of “Ζῆλος”, step by step

Ζῆλος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European yeh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Ancient Greek ζεῖν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekζεῖν

Words derived from “Ζῆλος

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂-