Where does “ἱστόποδες” come from?

ἱστόποδες (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

ἱστόποδες (Ancient Greek): long beams of the loom, between which the web was stretched

Definitions

  1. long beams of the loom, between which the web was stretched

Ancestry of “ἱστόποδες”, step by step

ἱστόποδες traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πούς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Ancient Greek ἱστός

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