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Where does “λαλιά” come from?

λαλιά (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λαλιά, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́λος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

λαλιά (Greek): speech, voice; language

Definitions

  1. speech, voice; language

Ancestry of “λαλιά”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλαλιάtalking, talk, chat; a form of speech, dialect
2Ancient Greekλᾰ́λοςtalkative
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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