Where does “Եվրիպիդես” come from?
Եվրիպիդես (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian Եւրիպիդէս, from Ancient Greek Εὐριπίδης, from Ancient Greek εὔρῑπος, from Ancient Greek ῥιπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
Ancestry of “Եվրիպիդես”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Armenian | Եւրիպիդէս | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Εὐριπίδης | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | εὔρῑπος | any strait or narrow sea, where the flux and... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥιπή | swing or force with which anything is thrown;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ή | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |