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Where does “ῥύγχος” come from?

ῥύγχος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European srungʰ-.

ῥύγχος (Ancient Greek): snout, the nose of an animal, muzzle; beak of a...

Definitions

  1. snout, the nose of an animal, muzzle; beak of a...

Ancestry of “ῥύγχος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansrungʰ-—

Words derived from “ῥύγχος”

  • rhynchocephalian
  • rhynchops
  • ρύγχος
  • Rynchopidae
  • Rynchops
  • Toxorhynchites
  • Rhynchocephalia
  • Toxorhynchitini
  • Rhynchops nigra
  • Rhynchocoela
  • rhynchops
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