Where does “Κοζάνη” come from?

Κοζάνη (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek Κοζάνη, from Slavic kožani, from Proto-Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic -ja, from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂.

Ancestry of “Κοζάνη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine GreekΚοζάνη—
2Slavickožani—
3Proto-Slavickožaskin; leather
4Proto-Slavic-jaSuffix creating feminine action nouns, usually...
5Proto-Indo-European-yeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ja →Every word from Proto-Slavic koža →