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Where does “οξύαυλος” come from?

οξύαυλος (Greek) comes from Greek αυλός, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

οξύαυλος (Greek): oboe

Definitions

  1. oboe

Ancestry of “οξύαυλος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekαυλόςpipe, flute, fife; floghera or souravli; bellows'...
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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