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Where does “gʷyōwyon” come from?

gʷyōwyon (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷyeh₃w-y-om, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

Ancestry of “gʷyōwyon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷyeh₃w-y-om—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “gʷyōwyon”

  • zoology
  • zodiac
  • zoological
  • Paleozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • zooplankton
  • Cenozoic
  • zoologist
  • Proterozoic
  • zodiacal
  • Neoproterozoic
  • zoomorphic
  • Paleoproterozoic
  • zooarchaeological
  • azoospermia
  • zoon
  • zoophyte
  • Mesoproterozoic
  • protozoon
  • zoogeography
  • zoologically
  • zooarchaeology
  • zoobenthos
  • zoogeographic
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