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Where does “βυθός” come from?

βυθός (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek βυθός, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb-.

βυθός (Greek): seabed, riverbed, bottom, ground

Definitions

  1. seabed, riverbed, bottom, ground

Ancestry of “βυθός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβυθόςdepth; depth of the sea, deep water
2Proto-Indo-European*dʰewb-—
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