Where does “νέος” come from?

νέος (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

νέος (Ancient Greek): young; youthful; new, fresh

Definitions

  1. young; youthful; new, fresh

Ancestry of “νέος”, step by step

νέος traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fēlēs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfēlēscat
2Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via New Latin palpus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinpalpus—
2Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Ancient Greek λόγος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
2Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “νέος”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →