Where does “νέκυς” come from?

νέκυς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

νέκυς (Ancient Greek): corpse, dead person; spirits of the dead; dead,...

Definitions

  1. corpse, dead person; spirits of the dead; dead,...

Ancestry of “νέκυς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear

Words derived from “νέκυς

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ-