Where does “ὄλπη” come from?

ὄλπη (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἔλπος, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

ὄλπη (Ancient Greek): leathern flask for oil

Definitions

  1. leathern flask for oil

Ancestry of “ὄλπη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἔλπος[[w:Hesychius of Alexandria ἔλαιον, στέαρ, εὐθηνία
2Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil

Words derived from “ὄλπη”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selp- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔλπος →