Where does “Anabantidae” come from?
Anabantidae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Anabas, from Ancient Greek ἀναβάς, from Ancient Greek ἀναβαίνω, from Ancient Greek βαίνω, from Proto-Hellenic gʷəňňō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Ancestry of “Anabantidae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Anabas | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀναβάς | aorist active participle of ἀναβαίνω |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀναβαίνω | I go up, mount; I turn out; I go back |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βαίνω | to go, step, move on foot; to mount; to depart,... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷəňňō | to go, to step |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥yéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |