Where does “Kypros” come from?

Kypros (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Kypros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
2Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Kypros”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →