Where does “ὄνυξ” come from?

ὄνυξ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

ὄνυξ (Ancient Greek): claw, nail, hoof, talon; Anything which resembles...

Definitions

  1. claw, nail, hoof, talon; Anything which resembles...

Ancestry of “ὄνυξ”, step by step

ὄνυξ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail

via Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail

Words derived from “ὄνυξ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ-