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Where does “ποταμός” come from?

ποταμός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

Ancestry of “ποταμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
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