Where does “ἱστοκεραία” come from?

ἱστοκεραία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek κεραία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ἱστοκεραία (Ancient Greek): sailyard

Definitions

  1. sailyard

Ancestry of “ἱστοκεραία”, step by step

ἱστοκεραία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek κεραία

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκεραίαantennae of the crayfish or of insect
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Ancient Greek ἱστός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἱστόςmast; shinbone; an constellation
2Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →