English

ichthyodorulite

Ichthyodorulite comes from Ancient Greek δόρυ ‘wood, tree, stem’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dóru‘tree’reconstructed
Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCEsame form‘tree’reconstructed
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδόρυdóru‘wood, tree, stem’
Englishtodayichthyodorulite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dóru‘tree’reconstructed
Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCEsame form‘tree’reconstructed
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδόρυdóru‘wood, tree, stem’
Englishtodayichthyodorulite

Formed from ichthyo- + Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru) + -lite

Proto-Hellenic *ikʰtʰū́s

Ancient Greek ῐ̓χθῡ́ς ‘fish’

English ichthyo-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dóru ‘tree’

tree, trough, druid, dinghy, dendritic, larch, dendrite, 4 more

through Ancient Greek δόρυ ‘wood, tree, stem’

Today it means

noun One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dóru / ichthyodorulite

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