Where does “λύχνος” come from?

λύχνος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European luk-s-nos, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

λύχνος (Ancient Greek): lamp

Definitions

  1. lamp

Ancestry of “λύχνος”, step by step

λύχνος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European luk-s-nos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanluk-s-nos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Ancient Greek λῠ́χνος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλῠ́χνοςlamp

Words derived from “λύχνος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European luk-s-nos →