Where does “nefrit” come from?

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

nefrit (Romanian): nephrite

Definitions

  1. nephrite

Ancestry of “nefrit”, step by step

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