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Where does “Λυδία” come from?

Λυδία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λυδία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Λυδία (Ancient Greek): beauty, beautiful, noble one; the region of Lydia

Definitions

  1. beauty, beautiful, noble one; the region of Lydia

Ancestry of “Λυδία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλυδίαbeautiful one, noble one
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Λυδία”

  • Lydia
  • Liddy
  • Lydian
  • hypolydian
  • Lydia
  • Lídia
  • Lidija
  • Λυδία
  • Lilia
  • Lulia
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