Where does “elenă” come from?
elenă (Romanian) comes from Greek Έλληνας, from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην, from Ancient Greek Ἑλλοί, from Ancient Greek ἕλλα, from Proto-Hellenic *héllā.
elenă (Romanian): Greek language
Ancestry of “elenă”, step by step
elenă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Greek Έλληνας
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greek | Έλληνας | Greek or Hellene |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἕλλην | Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἑλλοί | The Greeks in Dodona |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἕλλα | seat |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *héllā | — |
via Latin Helena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Helena | Helen |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἑλένη | torch, firebrand; corposant, St. Elmo's fire;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |
Words derived from “elenă”