Where does “dryadi” come from?

dryadi (Finnish) comes from English dryad, from Old French driade, from Latin dryas, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.

dryadi (Finnish): dryad

Definitions

  1. dryad

Ancestry of “dryadi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdryadIn Greek myth, a female tree spirit
2Old Frenchdriadewood nymph
3Latindryasa woodnymph, a dryad a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree
4Ancient GreekΔρυάςa woodnymph, a dryad; a tree
5Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from Hungarian ön-
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