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Onomatopoietic comes from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία ‘the coining of a word in imitation of a sound’, from ὀνομᾰτοποιός ‘coiner of names’, and ultimately from Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.

1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliterated*cuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ónomə‘name’reconstructed
4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄνομα‘name’
5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὀνομᾰτοποιός‘coiner of names’
6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὀνοματοποιίαonomatopoiía‘the coining of a word in imitation of a sound’
7. Englishearliest quotation 1866onomatopoietic