Where does “σύν” come from?
σύν (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
σύν (Ancient Greek): beside, with
Definitions
- beside, with
Ancestry of “σύν”, step by step
σύν traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek πατρίς
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
via Ancient Greek αἴσθησις
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | αἴσθησις | Perception from the senses, feeling, hearing,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Proto-Indo-European sem-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |