Where does “դեֆիս” come from?

դեֆիս (Armenian) comes from Russian дефи́с, from German Divis, from Latin Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

դեֆիս (Armenian): hyphen, the "-" sign

Definitions

  1. hyphen, the "-" sign

Ancestry of “դեֆիս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдефи́сhyphen
2GermanDivishyphen
3LatinDionȳsiustyrant of Syracuse
4Ancient GreekΔιονύσιος—
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος →