Where does “νεφρῖτις” come from?

νεφρῖτις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νεφρός, from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

νεφρῖτις (Ancient Greek): a disease of the kidney

Definitions

  1. a disease of the kidney

Ancestry of “νεφρῖτις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνεφρόςkidney; testicle; mind
2Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰróskidney
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

Words derived from “νεφρῖτις”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek νεφρός →