Where does “λεχώνα” come from?

λεχώνα (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek λεχώνα, from Ancient Greek λεχώ, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

λεχώνα (Greek): a woman who has just given birth or, at most,...

Definitions

  1. a woman who has just given birth or, at most,...

Ancestry of “λεχώνα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekλεχώνα
2Ancient Greekλεχώa woman in childbed, or one who has just given...
3Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
4Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down

Words derived from “λεχώνα

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomaiEvery word from Ancient Greek λέχομαιEvery word from Ancient Greek λεχώ