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Where does “ἕλκω” come from?

ἕλκω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

ἕλκω (Ancient Greek): to drag

Definitions

  1. to drag

Ancestry of “ἕλκω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “ἕλκω”

  • holcus
  • ελκυστήρας
  • Holcus
  • ὁλκός
  • ἑλκυστήρ
  • ἀφέλκω
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