Where does “χαμαιδάφνη” come from?
χαμαιδάφνη (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek χαμαί, from Ancient Greek Χθών, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
χαμαιδάφνη (Ancient Greek): periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
Definitions
- periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
Ancestry of “χαμαιδάφνη”, step by step
χαμαιδάφνη traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek χαμαί
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Ancient Greek Δάφνη
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Δάφνη | Daphne |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δάφνη | laurel, bay |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | η | Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤇 | het; heth |
| 5 | Egyptian | ? | — |