Where does “πόθεν” come from?

πόθεν (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -θεν, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe — locative suffix.

πόθεν (Ancient Greek): whence?, from where?; whence?, from what source?;...

Definitions

  1. whence?, from where?; whence?, from what source?;...

Ancestry of “πόθεν”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-θενfrom; also used, like genitive, with prepositions
2Proto-Indo-European*-dʰelocative suffix

Words derived from “πόθεν”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe →Every word from Ancient Greek -θεν →