Where does “λοχεία” come from?

λοχεία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λόχος, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

λοχεία (Ancient Greek): childbirth, childbed

Definitions

  1. childbirth, childbed

Ancestry of “λοχεία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλόχοςambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body...
2Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
3Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down

Words derived from “λοχεία”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →Every word from Ancient Greek λέχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek λόχος →