Where does “dafnie” come from?

dafnie (Romanian) comes from French daphnie, from Latin daphnia, from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.

dafnie (Romanian): daphnia

Definitions

  1. daphnia

Ancestry of “dafnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdaphniedaphnia
2LatindaphniaAn unknown kind of precious stone
3Ancient Greekδᾰφναίᾱ
4Ancient Greekδάφνηlaurel, bay
5Ancient GreekηLower-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
6Phoenician𐤇het; heth
7Egyptian?
Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤇Every word from Ancient Greek η
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