Where does “daphnia” come from?

daphnia (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.

daphnia (Latin): An unknown kind of precious stone

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	δᾰφναίᾱ	—
2	Ancient Greek	δάφνη	laurel, bay
3	Ancient Greek	η	Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ
4	Phoenician	𐤇	het; heth
5	Egyptian	?	—