Where does “ἀσφάραγος” come from?

ἀσφάραγος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ — to jerk, to scatter.

ἀσφάραγος (Ancient Greek): throat, gullet; asparagus; shoots of other plants

Definitions

  1. throat, gullet; asparagus; shoots of other plants

Ancestry of “ἀσφάραγος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)pregʰto jerk, to scatter

Words derived from “ἀσφάραγος

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ