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Where does “nebris” come from?

nebris (English) comes from Latin nebris, from Ancient Greek νεβρίς, from Ancient Greek νεβρός, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

nebris (English): The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as...

Definitions

  1. The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as...

Ancestry of “nebris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnebris—
2Ancient Greekνεβρίςfawn
3Ancient Greekνεβρόςfawn, young deer; type of cowardice
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
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