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Where does “ὄλλυμι” come from?

ὄλλυμι (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₃elh₁- — to fall, to collapse; to destroy/be destroyed.

ὄλλυμι (Ancient Greek): I destroy, make an end of; I lose; to perish,...

Definitions

  1. I destroy, make an end of; I lose; to perish,...

Ancestry of “ὄλλυμι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃elh₁-to fall, to collapse; to destroy/be destroyed

Words derived from “ὄλλυμι”

  • Melolonthinae
  • Melolontha
  • μηλολόνθη
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