Where does “σκοτώστρα” come from?
σκοτώστρα (Greek) comes from Greek σκοτώνω, from Byzantine Greek σκοτώνω, 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.
σκοτώστρα (Greek): swatter; deathtrap; unsportsmanlike, dangerous...
Definitions
- swatter; deathtrap; unsportsmanlike, dangerous...
Ancestry of “σκοτώστρα”, step by step
σκοτώστρα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek σκοτώνω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | σκοτώνω | kill, murder, slay; hurt, injure severely; ruin |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | σκοτώνω | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σκοτόω | to blind, to plunge into darkness; to kill |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Greek τρα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | τρα | — |