Where does “Ὑρκανός” come from?

Ὑρκανός (Ancient Greek) comes from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴, from Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣, from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

Ὑρκανός (Ancient Greek): Hyrcanian

Definitions

  1. Hyrcanian

Ancestry of “Ὑρκανός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴Gorgan; Vahrkana old city
2Old Persian𐎺𐎼𐎣wolf
3Proto-Iranianwŕ̥kahwolf
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “Ὑρκανός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas →Every word from Proto-Iranian wŕ̥kah →
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