Where does “ῥῆον” come from?

ῥῆον (Ancient Greek) comes from Middle Persian rēwand, from Middle Persian lypʾs, from Proto-Iranian (h)rabā́š, from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš, from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés.

ῥῆον (Ancient Greek): rhubarb

Definitions

  1. rhubarb

Ancestry of “ῥῆον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianrēwand—
2Middle Persianlypʾsrhubarb
3Proto-Iranian(h)rabā́šrhubarb; fennel
4Proto-Indo-Iranian(s)rabʰā́ćš—
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-eḱés—

Words derived from “ῥῆον”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eḱés →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš →
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