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Where does “piton” come from?

piton (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek Πύθων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön, from Ottoman Turkish اوك — sound, voice.

Ancestry of “piton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΠύθωνserpentine monster from Greek mythology
2Ancient Greek-ώνforms words for places
3Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
4Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
5Hungarianönyou
6Hungarianön-self-
7Turkishönfront
8Ottoman Turkishاوك—
9Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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