Where does “ἕρπυλλος” come from?

ἕρπυλλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἕρπω, from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti — to be creeping, to be crawling.

ἕρπυλλος (Ancient Greek): wild thyme

Definitions

  1. wild thyme

Ancestry of “ἕρπυλλος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἕρπωto move slowly, walk; crawl, creep, slink; I go...
2Proto-Indo-European*sérpetito be creeping, to be crawling

Words derived from “ἕρπυλλος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti →Every word from Ancient Greek ἕρπω →