Where does “ὀκνέω” come from?

ὀκνέω (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

ὀκνέω (Ancient Greek): to shrink from, fear doing something, hesitate, scruple to do something

Definitions

  1. to shrink from, fear doing something, hesitate, scruple to do something

Ancestry of “ὀκνέω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
2Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “ὀκνέω”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Ancient Greek -έω →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →