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Where does “Ὦξος” come from?

Ὦξος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Iranian waxš-.

Ancestry of “Ὦξος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianwaxš-—

Words derived from “Ὦξος”

  • Oxus
  • Transoxiana
  • Transoxianan
  • oxianus
  • Oxus
  • Transoxiana
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