Where does “λυκόσκορδον” come from?

λυκόσκορδον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σκόρδον, from Ancient Greek σκόροδον, from Ancient Greek skʰodoro.

λυκόσκορδον (Ancient Greek): wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

Definitions

  1. wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

Ancestry of “λυκόσκορδον”, step by step

λυκόσκορδον traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek σκόρδον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekσκόρδονAlternative form of σκόροδον
2Ancient Greekσκόροδονgarlic
3Ancient Greekskʰodoro—

via Ancient Greek Λύκος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΛύκοςwolf
2Proto-Hellenic*lúkoswolf
Every word from Ancient Greek skʰodoro →Every word from Ancient Greek σκόροδον →Every word from Ancient Greek σκόρδον →