Where does “Σαμοθρᾴκη” come from?

Σαμοθρᾴκη (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Θρᾴκη, from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ, from Ancient Greek θράσσω, from Proto-Indo-European dʰr̥h₂-gʰ-yé-.

Σαμοθρᾴκη (Ancient Greek): Samothrace, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Definitions

  1. Samothrace, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Ancestry of “Σαμοθρᾴκη”, step by step

Σαμοθρᾴκη traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek Θρᾴκη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΘρᾴκηThrace, near which Samothrace is situated
2Ancient GreekΘρᾷξan inhabitant of Thrace; a Thracian
3Ancient Greekθράσσωto trouble, stir
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰr̥h₂-gʰ-yé-

via Ancient Greek Σάμος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΣάμοςSamos, Northern Aegean Islands, Greece
2Ancient GreekΣᾰ́μοςSamos, the other island whose people colonized...

Words derived from “Σαμοθρᾴκη

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰr̥h₂-gʰ-yé-Every word from Ancient Greek θράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ