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Where does “οἴη” come from?

οἴη (Byzantine Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ὄα, from Proto-Hellenic *oiwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.

οἴη (Byzantine Greek): sorb apple; service tree; feminine...

Definitions

  1. sorb apple; service tree; feminine...

Ancestry of “οἴη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekὄαThe service tree , whose fruit is the ὄον
2Proto-Hellenic*oiwa—
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-—

Words derived from “οἴη”

  • vadhëviçe
  • vadhë
  • vadhëz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →