Where does “κροκόδειλος” come from?

κροκόδειλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek κρόκη, from Ancient Greek κρέκω, from Proto-Indo-European kreḱ- — to weave.

κροκόδειλος (Ancient Greek): lizard; crocodile; A fallacy of the sophists

Definitions

  1. lizard; crocodile; A fallacy of the sophists

Ancestry of “κροκόδειλος”, step by step

κροκόδειλος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek κρόκη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκρόκηthread which is passed between the threads of the...
2Ancient Greekκρέκωto weave
3Proto-Indo-Europeankreḱ-to weave

via Ancient Greek δρῖλος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδρῖλοςverpus

Words derived from “κροκόδειλος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek κρέκω →Every word from Ancient Greek κρόκη →