Where does “οἴη” come from?

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

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 (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the sorb apple
2Proto-Hellenic*oiwa—
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

Words derived from “οἴη”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *oiwa →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄα →