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

Definitions

  1. kidney

Ancestry of “νεφριτικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνεφρόςkidney; testicle; mind
2Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰróskidney
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

Words derived from “νεφριτικός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek νεφρός →