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

  1. beside, with

Ancestry of “σύν”, step by step

σύν traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πατρίς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekπατρίςThe place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,...
2Ancient Greekπᾰτήρfather
3Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
4Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

via Ancient Greek αἴσθησις

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekαἴσθησιςPerception from the senses, feeling, hearing,...
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Proto-Indo-European sem-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “σύν

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥Every word from Ancient Greek ὄνομα