Where does “νεφριτικός” come from?
νεφριτικός (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νεφρός, from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.
νεφριτικός (Greek): kidney
Ancestry of “νεφριτικός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | νεφρός | kidney; testicle; mind |
| 2 | Proto-Hellenic | *nekʷʰrós | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷʰrós | kidney |