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Where does “elkos” come from?
elkos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.
Ancestry of “elkos”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
h₁élḱos
wound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁elḱ-
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Words derived from “elkos”
ulcer
ulceration
ulcerous
antiulcer
nonulcer
ulcus
ulcerogenic
ulcered
reulceration
antiulcerogenic
ulcerogenesis
ulcerously
nonulcerous
preulcerous
microulceration
olcos
ulcus
ulcusculum
ulcère
ulcera
ulcera
ulcero-
ulcere
ulkus
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