Where does “Elektra” come from?

Elektra (Polish) comes from English Electra, from Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Elektra (Polish): Electra

Definitions

  1. Electra

Ancestry of “Elektra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishElectraAny of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys
2Ancient GreekἨλέκτρα—
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα →