Where does “ὄα” come from?

ὄα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic *oiwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

ὄα (Ancient Greek): the service tree (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the sorb apple

Definitions

  1. the service tree (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the sorb apple

Ancestry of “ὄα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenic*oiwa—
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

Words derived from “ὄα”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *oiwa →