Where does “φαλακρός” come from?
φαλακρός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἄκρος, from Ancient Greek ὦμος, from Proto-Indo-European h₃émōs — shoulder.
φαλακρός (Ancient Greek): bald
Ancestry of “φαλακρός”, step by step
φαλακρός traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ἄκρος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἄκρος | At the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὦμος | the shoulder with the upper arm |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃émōs | shoulder |
via Ancient Greek φαλός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | φαλός | white |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “φαλακρός”