Where does “σκοτωμός” come from?
σκοτωμός (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek σκοτωμός, from Ancient Greek σκοτόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
σκοτωμός (Greek): killing act of ending someone's life
Definitions
- killing act of ending someone's life
Ancestry of “σκοτωμός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | σκοτωμός | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σκοτόω | to blind, to plunge into darkness; to kill |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |