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Where does “ᾍδης” come from?

ᾍδης (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “ᾍδης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
2Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “ᾍδης”

  • Hades
  • Hadean
  • Hades
  • Hades
  • Ade
  • Adeano
  • Hades
  • Hades
  • Άδης
  • Hádész
  • Hades
  • Hadas
  • Hades
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →