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): laurel, bay; bay, bay leaf; victory, triumph

Definitions

  1. laurel, bay; bay, bay leaf; victory, triumph

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?

Words derived from “δάφνη

Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤇Every word from Ancient Greek η