Where does “nefrytowy” come from?

nefrytowy (Polish) comes from Polish nefryt, from English nephrite, from Ancient Greek νεφρῖτις, from Ancient Greek νεφρός, from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

nefrytowy (Polish): nephrite

Definitions

  1. nephrite

Ancestry of “nefrytowy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnefrytnephrite
2EnglishnephriteA semi-precious stone, one of the two types of...
3Ancient Greekνεφρῖτιςa disease of the kidney
4Ancient Greekνεφρόςkidney; testicle; mind
5Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰróskidney
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek νεφρός →