Where does “ῥοδοδάφνη” come from?
ῥοδοδάφνη (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ῥόδον, from Old Persian wurdi, from Proto-Germanic wurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrti-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
ῥοδοδάφνη (Ancient Greek): oleander
Definitions
- oleander
Ancestry of “ῥοδοδάφνη”, step by step
ῥοδοδάφνη traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ῥόδον
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ῥόδον | rose (usually Rosa gallica) |
| 2 | Old Persian | wurdi | flower |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wurdiz | fate, destiny |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wrti- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Ancient Greek Δάφνη
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Δάφνη | Daphne |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δάφνη | laurel, bay |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | η | Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤇 | het; heth |
| 5 | Egyptian | ? | — |