Where does “դափնէ” come from?
դափնէ (Old Armenian) comes from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.
Ancestry of “դափնէ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Δάφνη | Daphne |
| 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 | ? | — |