Where does “Δωδεκάνησα” come from?

Δωδεκάνησα (Greek) comes from Greek δώδεκα, from Ancient Greek δώδεκα, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥.

Δωδεκάνησα (Greek): Dodecanese Greek island grouping

Definitions

  1. Dodecanese Greek island grouping

Ancestry of “Δωδεκάνησα”, step by step

Δωδεκάνησα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek δώδεκα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekδώδεκαtwelve
2Ancient Greekδώδεκαtwelve
3Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥—

via Greek νησί

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekνησίisland
2Ancient Greekνῆσοςisland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dwoΗdeḱm̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek δώδεκα →Every word from Greek δώδεκα →