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Where does “σφαγή” come from?

σφαγή (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σφαγή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

σφαγή (Greek): slaughter; massacre

Definitions

  1. slaughter; massacre

Ancestry of “σφαγή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσφαγήslaughter, butchery; throat, the spot where the...
2Ancient Greek-ή—
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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