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Where does “ὄρτυξ” come from?

ὄρτυξ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European wort-.

ὄρτυξ (Ancient Greek): common quail; harefoot plantain

Definitions

  1. common quail; harefoot plantain

Ancestry of “ὄρτυξ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwort-—

Words derived from “ὄρτυξ”

  • Ortygia
  • ortyx
  • Ὀρτυγία
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