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Where does “λιώνω” come from?

λιώνω (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek λιώνω, from Ancient Greek λειῶ, from Ancient Greek λεῖος, from Ancient Greek λεῖϝος, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁y-u- — smooth.

λιώνω (Greek): melt; dissolve; crush, mash

Definitions

  1. melt; dissolve; crush, mash

Ancestry of “λιώνω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekλιώνω—
2Ancient Greekλειῶ—
3Ancient Greekλεῖοςsmooth to the touch; smooth, plain, not...
4Ancient Greekλεῖϝος—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁y-u-smooth
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