Where does “λεχώνα” come from?

λεχώνα (Byzantine Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λεχώ, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

Ancestry of “λεχώνα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλεχώa woman in childbed, or one who has just given...
2Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
3Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down

Words derived from “λεχώνα”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →Every word from Ancient Greek λέχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek λεχώ →