Where does “Δάφνη” come from?

Δάφνη (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.

Δάφνη (Greek): Dafni southeast Athenian neighbourhood

Definitions

  1. Dafni southeast Athenian neighbourhood

Ancestry of “Δάφνη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΔάφνηDaphne
2Ancient Greekδάφνηlaurel, bay
3Ancient GreekηLower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ
4Phoenician𐤇het; heth
5Egyptian?—
Every word from Egyptian ? →Every word from Phoenician 𐤇 →Every word from Ancient Greek η →