Where does “πυρός” come from?

πυρός (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European puHrós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

πυρός (Ancient Greek): wheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ

Definitions

  1. wheat; a grain of wheat; genitive singular of πῦρ

Ancestry of “πυρός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHróswheat
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “πυρός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHrós →