Where does “πυθώ” come from?

πυθώ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb-ṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb- — deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom.

πυθώ (Ancient Greek): I rot, decay; to rot, to decay

Definitions

  1. I rot, decay; to rot, to decay

Ancestry of “πυθώ”, step by step

πυθώ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European dʰewb-ṓ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-ṓ—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom

via Ancient Greek πύθω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπύθωto rot, to decay

Words derived from “πυθώ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb-ṓ →