Where does “Dryas” come from?
Dryas (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Δρυάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك — sound, voice.
Dryas (Latin): a woodnymph, a dryad; a druidess
Definitions
- a woodnymph, a dryad; a druidess
Ancestry of “Dryas”, step by step
Dryas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek Δρυάς
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Δρυάς | a woodnymph, a dryad; a tree |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 4 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 5 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 6 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 7 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 8 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |