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Where does “κριθή” come from?

κριθή (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʰérsdʰo-.

κριθή (Ancient Greek): barley; pustule on the eyelid, stye; barleycorn

Definitions

  1. barley; pustule on the eyelid, stye; barleycorn

Ancestry of “κριθή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʰérsdʰo-—

Words derived from “κριθή”

  • crith
  • microcrith
  • crithomancy
  • κριθομαντεία
  • ܩܪܝܬܐ
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