Where does “Ὑρκᾰνός” come from?
Ὑρκᾰνός (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.
Ancestry of “Ὑρκᾰνός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Persian | 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 | — |
| 2 | Old Persian | 𐎺𐎼𐎣 | wolf |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | wŕ̥kah | wolf |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wŕ̥kas | wolf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wĺ̥kʷos | wolf |